Mamata Banerjee
16 articles on India Vote Kar are tagged “Mamata Banerjee”, published between May 2018 and November 2019. They are filed mainly under BJP, TMC, news. They are listed below, newest first, followed by related coverage and topics.
Satire and Cartoons: Mamata’s Bid to Win Back Bengal Gets a Social Media Makeover
After an anti-incumbency wave cut the Trinamool Congress’s Lok Sabha tally in West Bengal from 34 seats to 22, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s party has turned to a social media makeover as its newest tool. The TMC has relaunched her Facebook and Twitter campaigns in Kolkata under the name “Amar Gorbo Mamata” (Mamata, My Pride), filled with polished cartoons. A cartoon-led campaign The new pages are widely seen as part of political strategist Prashant Kishor’s plan to steady Banerjee’s position in the state. They display cartoons and caricatures highlighting theRead More
Mamata says EC acting at BJP’s behest after campaign in Bengal is cut short
On Wednesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee attacked the Election Commission over its decision to end campaigning in the state a day early, accusing the poll body of acting under pressure from the BJP. The EC order Following poll-related violence in the state, the Commission ordered that campaigning for the nine seats voting on May 19 must stop at 10 pm on Thursday, one day ahead of schedule. Invoking Article 324 of the Constitution, it barred all election-related gatherings in the state. The decision came a day after violenceRead More
Mamata accuses Modi of using demonetisation to turn black money white and buy votes
On Wednesday, West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of using demonetisation to convert huge amounts of black money into white and then spending it to buy votes. She was speaking at a public meeting in Serampore in Hooghly district in support of Trinamool Congress candidates. The allegations Addressing Modi directly, Banerjee said he might have forced notebandi on people, but he could “never buy voters in Bengal”. She said Modi would be removed after the election and that her side would show what a bigRead More
‘Vote without fear’: Amit Shah tells Bengal, vows to scrap Article 370 and bring NRC
BJP president Amit Shah on Monday told rallies in West Bengal that a returning BJP government would scrap Article 370 of the Constitution, which gives special status to Jammu and Kashmir, and introduce a National Register of Citizens across the country. He spoke while campaigning in the Uluberia Lok Sabha seat in Howrah and in Krishnanagar in Nadia district. Appeal to voters and attack on Mamata Shah asked people in Bengal to vote without fear, saying BJP workers were protecting them as guardians of democracy. He claimed Chief Minister MamataRead More
PM Modi says Balakot strike hurt Mamata Banerjee more than Pakistan
Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a rally in West Bengal on Wednesday that the Indian air strike at Balakot in Pakistan had hurt Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee more than it hurt people in Pakistan. Attack on the opposition Modi said the strike had pained “Kolkata’s Didi” more than people in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, and claimed that other leaders of the opposition grand alliance were also upset. He said they had protested so loudly that they had become heroes in Pakistan. He accused opposition leaders of tryingRead More
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