Implication of Prashant Kishor’s challenge to the BJP in Bengal
Prashant Kishor has thrown a challenge to the BJP that it can’t cross the double digit figure in West Bengal Assembly election 2021.
Neeladri Mukherjee
Analysis of CPI(M) and Congress’s rejection of Mamata Banerjee’s appeal for anti-BJP unity
What made the Congress and the CPI(M) refuse Mamata Banerjee’s appeal to forge an alliance against the rise of the Hindutva fascist BJP in West Bengal?
Why BJP won in West Bengal and how to reverse the trend?
Analysis of the reasons that led to the BJP’s upsurge in West Bengal and how to reverse the trend by building up people’s struggle against Hindutva fascism.
BJP’s Priyanka Sharma can’t cry victimhood after her party’s nasty record of suppressing dissent and caricature
Though BJP’s Priyanka Sharma of West Bengal, who was arrested for sharing a morphed photo of Mamata Banerjee, is crying victimhood, she has lost credibility.
Not Jai Shri Ram but only progressive slogans epitomise West Bengal
Despite the Hindutva fascist juggernaut of Narendra Modi is ruining parts of the state, West Bengal won’t replace democratic slogans for Jai Shri Ram.
Modi’s West Bengal rallies fixed communalism as BJP’s Lok Sabha poll theme
Narendra Modi’s recent rallies at Thakurnagar and Durgapur of West Bengal set the tone for BJP’s Lok Sabha election campaigning in the state.
Curtain Drop: Mrinal Sen, the Black, the White and the Grey
After living as a legend for 95 years, famous film director and critic Mrinal Sen bid adieu to the world on 30 December 2018 after leaving behind a long list of influential films that won international recognition. Mrinal Sen was the last living legendary member of the Holy Trinity of Bengali cinema. His death closed … Read more
Meteor Crashed: The Arrest of Suman Chattopadhyay and Mainstream Media’s Migraine
The arrest of Ei Samay editor Suman Chattopadhyay by the CBI and the conspicuous silence of the Bengali media together narrate a lot, without spending words.
BJP’s Three Rath Yatras in West Bengal Aimed at Fracturing People’s Unity
West Bengal BJP is planning to launch three consecutive Rath Yatras (chariot procession) to kick-start its 2019 general election campaign in the state. These three Raths (automobiles decorated as chariots) are supposed to start their journey from Gangasagar of South 24 Parganas district, Coochbehar district and Tarapith of Birbhum district on 5, 7, and 9 … Read more
State-sponsored Massacre: Analysing Starvation Death of 7 Shabar Tribals in Lalgarh
Seven members of the Shabar tribe died due to hunger and malnutrition in the tribal-dominated Lalgarh area of West Medinipur (Paschim Medinipur) district of West Bengal in the month of November. The victims are Mangal Shabar (28), Kishan Shabar (38), Lebu Shabar (46), Sudhir Shabar (63), Savitri Shabar (51), Paltu Shabar (33) and Laltu Shabar … Read more
The Brutal Repression Against Rohingya Refugees is a Shame for India
The Indian state apparatus, including its much hailed “model” justice-delivery system, once again exposed its sheer Brahmanical fascist and Islamophobic character when it forcefully deported seven Rohingya Muslims, who were lodged in Silchar Jail of Assam since 2012. With a Supreme Court bench headed by the newly appointed Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi, who … Read more
Daribhit High School Police Firing Helped RSS Gain Ground in West Bengal
On 20 September 2018, West Bengal Police was called by the administration of the Daribhit High School, located in Islampur subdivision of West Bengal’s North Dinajpur district. The police were called to control students who were protesting against the unavailability of adequate teachers in the school, however, the police, as alleged by the local residents … Read more
Bharat Bandh of 10 September Shook the Modi Regime Despite Betrayals
The 10 September Bharat Bandh or all-India general strike, more or less achieved success throughout the country, despite few sabotages from within and outside. The rapid increase in fuel prices and the utmost failure of the Modi regime in delivering on promises of development to one and many, fuelled the popular support for a Bharat … Read more
Surendranath College TMCP Attack on Students Protesting Modi Agenda
The Trinamool Congress is accused of helping the BJP to grow in West Bengal, a state that remained aloof from communal politics until 2014, by providing it with the opposition space, which the ruling party and its cadres swearing allegiance to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have proved to be correct on multiple occasions. A recent … Read more
Assam Disenfranchisement Exercise Must be Resisted by the People
The BJP-led Assam Government has published the final draft of the National Register of Citizens after surveying the citizenship records and family trees of 32.9 million people residing in Assam to trace out the “illegal Bangladeshi” immigrants from the state. This final draft has excluded the names of four million Bengali people, the majority of … Read more
Modi’s West Bengal Mission Will Result Into More Communal Violence
West Bengal is a crucial state for the BJP to wrest in 2021 and as a run-up to the crucial assembly election, the BJP is using the 2019 general election as an acid test. The goal of Amit Shah and the entire RSS-led Hindutva mafia is to wrest 22 out of 42 Lok Sabha seats … Read more
What can be the Secret Behind Death of BJP Workers in Purulia?
Two BJP workers have been murdered in Purulia district of West Bengal in the last one week and their bodies were recovered hanging. During the recently held Panchayat election, the BJP wrested the lion’s share of Gram Panchayat seats from the ruling Trinamool Congress in Purulia and has turned the Maoist-influenced district into its electoral … Read more
The Carcass Meat Embroil in Kolkata – A Plan to Force Vegan Diet?
Few weeks ago, the issue of carcass meat sourced from the garbage dumps of Kolkata and suburbs has captured the public discourse due to the extensive media coverage the issue has got and the amount of terror it could spread down the spine of the people of Kolkata and other cities of West Bengal. The … Read more
Mamata Banerjee Walking the BJP Road by Appeasing Brahmins
West Bengal is experiencing a paradigm shift in its political theatre as the BJP and the Mamata Banerjee-led ruling Trinamool Congress entered into a cut-throat competition to outdo each other in playing the game of communal polarisation. The state that was once called the oasis of secularism in a country that is ravaged by communal … Read more
BJP Establishing Despotism in Assam by Driving Away Muslims
By filing a police complaint against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, the BJP-led communal fascist government of Assam showed the intolerance towards dissent that the Hindutva camp and its lackey bureaucracy suffers from. Even meek criticism from a fellow right-wing politician is considered as a threat to the Hindutva empire by the rulers and … Read more