Mamata Banerjee - The Purbottar

07 Apr

Didi urges Muslims to vote for TMC Minority votes are slipping: PM Modi

editor0 CommentsNorth EastMamata Banerjee, Narendra Modi

In the run-up to the third phase of polling in West Bengal on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, urging Muslim voters to support his party in the ongoing assembly elections. Prime Minister Modi said that Mamata's statement was a clear indication that she had also lost the support of minority voters. Addressing a rally in Cooch Behar, PM Modi said that had BJP made such an appeal to Hindus it would have received severe flak from the media and as well as the Election Commission. "Didi recently asked all Muslims…

02 Apr

Didi winning Nandigram, worry about Varanasi in 2024: TMC tells PM Modi

editor0 CommentsNorth EastMamata Banerjee, PM Modi

After Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to know if Mamata Banerjee would contest the assembly election from another seat, implying her loss in Nandigram is imminent, the ruling Trinamool (TMC) in Bengal clarified that she had no such intention. The Mamata Banerjee-led TMC, taking a jibe at the prime minister, asked him to "look for a safer seat in 2024", adding that he will be "challenged" in Varanasi. "Didi is winning Nandigram. The question of her fighting from another seat doesn't arise. @narendramodi Ji, retract from your efforts to mislead people before they see your lies with the end of…

30 Mar

TMC leades Mamata Banerjee called to seek support in Nandigram, claims Suvendu confidant

editor0 CommentsNorth BengalMamata Banerjee, nandigram, TMC, west bengal

As 30 Assembly seats in West Bengal went to the polls on Saturday in the first phase, the BJP released an audio clip in which a person that the party claims is Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is heard seeking help from a former Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker now with the BJP. The caller is heard asking the BJP leader to support her in Nandigram. The TMC said the tape was not verified but added that if true there was nothing wrong with Banerjee approaching a former party man. The Indian Express did not independently verify the content of the audio clip and could not confirm its…

25 Mar

Bengal Polls: Meet Kalita Majhi – a maid who is contesting elections on BJP ticket from Ausgram

editor0 CommentsNorth EastMamata Banerjee, Meet Kalita Majhi, The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is betting high on its ground cadre to put out a stellar show in West Bengal where it has made deep in roads in the last two years. Days after nominating the wife of a labourer from Saltora seat in Bankura, the party has now fielded a woman who works as a maid. The saffron party has nominated Kalita Majhi from Ausgram seat in the Purba Burdwan district. Meet Kalita Majhi Kalita has been into active politics for five years. She works as a maid in four houses and earns Rs 2,500 a month. Kalita…