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8 articles on India Vote Kar are tagged “TMC”, published between September 2018 and May 2021. They are filed mainly under news, BJP, TMC. They are listed below, newest first, followed by related coverage and topics.
Mamata Banerjee sworn in as West Bengal Chief Minister for a third time
Mamata Banerjee has been sworn in as Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third time. The ceremony Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar entered the hall at 10.44 am, and his arrival was followed by the national anthem. The swearing-in began at 10.45 am and was over in about seven minutes. Banerjee chose to take her oath in Bengali. Background The oath followed the 2021 West Bengal assembly election, in which the Trinamool Congress won 215 seats and the Bharatiya Janata Party 77. After that result, Banerjee continued as Chief Minister. TheRead More
Ready to Contest Against Mamata Banerjee, Says Sovan Chatterjee After Joining BJP
Former Trinamool Congress leader Sovan Chatterjee, who recently joined the BJP, said in Kolkata on Tuesday that he was willing to take on Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee when the state votes in 2021 if his new party wanted him to. Addressing the media for the first time at the BJP’s state office, he said he had been a loyal soldier of the TMC and would now be one for the BJP. Jibes at the TMC Once a trusted aide of Banerjee, Chatterjee mocked the TMC for hiring poll strategist PrashantRead More
Callers to Mamata’s ‘Didi Ke Bolo’ Helpline Complain of Cut Money and Extortion
The ‘Didi Ke Bolo’ campaign launched by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is letting the Trinamool Congress reach people in distress, but it is also forcing party leaders in Kolkata and across the state to field awkward questions about cut money, syndicates and the arrogance of local leaders. How the campaign works On the advice of poll strategist Prashant Kishor and his organisation, whom the TMC brought in after a poor Lok Sabha result, Banerjee launched a dedicated helpline number and website on July 29 so that people couldRead More
Four states that will decide the BJP’s fate in 2019, says Sandeep Shastri
Pre-poll surveys suggested that the National Democratic Alliance was ahead in the 2019 Lok Sabha election, but the open question was whether the BJP could win a majority by itself. Political scientist Dr Sandeep Shastri said in an interview that a handful of states would decide that. The key states Shastri said a pre-poll survey published a week earlier showed the NDA slightly ahead but the BJP short of the halfway mark. He identified four crucial areas for the party: Uttar Pradesh: whether the BJP could repeat the strong performanceRead More
Mamata Banerjee says Modi government’s ‘expiry date’ is over at Kolkata rally
Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday called for a change of government at the Centre, telling a large opposition rally in Kolkata that the Narendra Modi government had reached its “expiry date”. She said a united opposition would win the coming general election. What she said Speaking at the Brigade Parade Grounds rally that she had convened, Banerjee promised to work together with the other opposition parties. The question of who would become prime minister, she said, would be settled after the election. SheRead More
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