How Mamata, Arvind Kejriwal Score Over Rahul Gandhi to Become Modi’s Challengers for 2024
3 years, 3 months ago

How Mamata, Arvind Kejriwal Score Over Rahul Gandhi to Become Modi’s Challengers for 2024

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Before we know, the next 2024 Lok Sabha polls will be upon us. Mamata Banerjee and Arvind Kejriwal, the West Bengal and Delhi chief ministers, are in a crowd of regional chieftains, who have their sights set upon the Centre, despite the limitations within which they operate. Mamata broke away from the Congress, rejecting Sitaram Kesri’s leadership, launched the TMC, and kept at it despite losing elections to the Left Front, and savoured success. Use of copycat BJP tactics: Mamata and Kejriwal ape the BJP without qualms because they reckon that the Congress is yesterday and the BJP is now and tomorrow. Mamata roped in Sushmita Dev, the former Congress MP and ironically a close aide of Rahul, to enlarge TMC’s footprints in Assam.

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Lalu Prasad Supports Mamata Banerjee's Leadership of INDIA Bloc
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1 month ago

Lalu Prasad Supports Mamata Banerjee's Leadership of INDIA Bloc

Deccan Chronicle  

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee has garnered support from several key leaders in the opposition alliance after expressing her willingness to lead the INDIA bloc. Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav has openly supported Mamata Banerjee’s bid to head the INDIA bloc. Mamata Banerjee’s Dissatisfaction with Current INDIA Bloc Leadership Earlier this week, Mamata …

OPINION | Will Modi overtake Mamata in Bengal this time?
7 months, 2 weeks ago

OPINION | Will Modi overtake Mamata in Bengal this time?

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that West Bengal would come up with the most surprising results on June 4 and “Mamata’s fort will crumble this time”. He said, “ten years ago, I had given the slogan “Na Khaoonga, Na Khaane Doonga”, but this time, I want to add ‘Jihnone Khaaya, Unse Wapas Vasoolunga, Jinka Khaya, Unhen Lautaoonga’.” It …

Mamata Banerjee backs Rahul Gandhi: ‘Today, we witnessed…’
1 year, 9 months ago

Mamata Banerjee backs Rahul Gandhi: ‘Today, we witnessed…’

Hindustan Times  

Rahul Gandhi on Friday received the unexpected support of West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee soon after Parliament disqualified the Congress leader, a day after a magistrate's court jailed him for two years in a defamation case linked to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surname. Describing the disqualification as “PM Modi’s New India”, Banerjee alleged that Opposition leaders have become "the …

GhoseSpot | Khela Hobe 2.0: Mamata Banerjee faces reinvigorated BJP in Bengal as she eyes top job in Delhi
2 years, 3 months ago

GhoseSpot | Khela Hobe 2.0: Mamata Banerjee faces reinvigorated BJP in Bengal as she eyes top job in Delhi

Firstpost  

TV channels and reporters covering the political violence in West Bengal this week were calling it “unprecedented”. Among them, leader of Opposition in the state Assembly, Suvendu Adhikari, the party’s state president Dr Sukanta Manjumdar and Member of Parliament Locket Chatterjee, national vice president and MP Dilip Ghosh were on the front-front. Abhishek Banerjee, the national general secretary of TMC …

Desh Ki Awaaz Opinion Poll: Rahul Gandhi, Mamata or Kejriwal? Who is the strongest political opponent of PM
2 years, 5 months ago

Desh Ki Awaaz Opinion Poll: Rahul Gandhi, Mamata or Kejriwal? Who is the strongest political opponent of PM

India TV News  

Desh Ki Awaaz Opinion Poll: The recent triumph of the Bharatiya Janata Party in five states - Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur - clearly indicates that there is an absolute missing of a strong Opposition to the ruling dispensation. However, according to nationwide opinion poll by India TV-Matrize News Communication, 23 per cent of people feel Rahul Gandhi still …

Desh Ki Awaaz survey: Mamata-led TMC to win 26, NDA 14 if LS election takes place today
2 years, 5 months ago

Desh Ki Awaaz survey: Mamata-led TMC to win 26, NDA 14 if LS election takes place today

India TV News  

Desh Ki Awaaz poll survey: The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress government fared decently in the 2019 LS polls while BJP performed above expectation, there might be a slight shift in the results if the election takes place today. Follow Live A survey done by India TV showed that Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress is projected to win 26 out of total …

Mamata Banerjee 3.0: Why Last One Year Has Been the Toughest for Bengal’s Ruling TMC
2 years, 8 months ago

Mamata Banerjee 3.0: Why Last One Year Has Been the Toughest for Bengal’s Ruling TMC

News 18  

Mamata Banerjee was sworn in as the chief minister of West Bengal for the third time a year ago, on May 5. The Centre-state Tussle While Mamata Banerjee-led TMC won the Assembly election with a clear mandate, the politics of Bengal has changed with the BJP becoming the main opposition party. In the last one year, there have also been …

How Arvind Kejriwal has best chance to emerge on national scene and challenge BJP
3 years ago

How Arvind Kejriwal has best chance to emerge on national scene and challenge BJP

Firstpost  

With his politics that is decidedly leftist and populist, even if Arvind Kejriwal cannot break into leading the Opposition in 2024, he could be very well positioned by 2029 The latest opinion poll on the forthcoming Assembly elections almost gives Punjab to AAP outright. If these poll predictions turn out to be true, and the AAP’s good showing in the …

Mamata Banerjee’s TMC is Doing What BJP Set out to Do in 2014—Wiping out Congress
3 years, 1 month ago

Mamata Banerjee’s TMC is Doing What BJP Set out to Do in 2014—Wiping out Congress

News 18  

West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee has been on a roll ever since she registered an emphatic victory against a resurgent Bharatiya Janata Party in a bitterly-fought Assembly election earlier this year. On Mamata Banerjee’s recent trip to Delhi, the Trinamool Congress witnessed the entry of former Haryana Congress chief Ashok Tanwar, Kirti Azad, formerly with …

At Bhowanipore Campaign, Mamata Hints at National Ambition, Steps Up Attack on BJP, Cong
3 years, 3 months ago

At Bhowanipore Campaign, Mamata Hints at National Ambition, Steps Up Attack on BJP, Cong

News 18  

As the campaign for the September 30 Bhowanipore bypoll enters the final lap, Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek shared the stage on Sunday and indicated the start of a battle on the national front where the TMC could be an alternative to the BJP. Party’s all India general secretary Abhishek attacked the BJP and Congress, which he has been doing of …

Mamata Banerjee Vs Arvind Kejriwal: And The Winner Is …
3 years, 3 months ago

Mamata Banerjee Vs Arvind Kejriwal: And The Winner Is …

The Quint  

India’s regional parties are “cursed” by a peculiar voodoo. In the first part of this argument, I have written how the electoral footprint of a regional party stops dead at the border of the state in which its patriarch is domiciled. But then I have postulated that two stormy petrels and current Chief Ministers — viz, Mamata Banerjee and Arvind …

Rahul Gandhi failed to be Opposition face against PM Modi, country wants Mamata Banerjee: TMC
3 years, 3 months ago

Rahul Gandhi failed to be Opposition face against PM Modi, country wants Mamata Banerjee: TMC

India Today  

The Trinamool Congress, in its party mouthpiece, said party president and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has emerged as the face of Opposition against Prime Minister Narendra Modi as Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has failed to be one. In a cover story at the party's mouthpiece 'Jago Bangla', TMC said the country wants Mamata Banerjee to be the opposition …

Mamata Banerjee, not Rahul Gandhi, face of opposition against Modi: TMC
3 years, 3 months ago

Mamata Banerjee, not Rahul Gandhi, face of opposition against Modi: TMC

India TV News  

The bonhomie between the Congress and the Trinamool Congress on Friday hit choppy waters after the TMC claimed that party supremo Mamata Banerjee, and not Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, has emerged as the face of the opposition against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. I have known Rahul Gandhi for a long time, but I must say he has failed to emerge …

'Rahul Gandhi Not Alternative to Modi in 2024': Interesting Pitch of Mamata's Lawmaker
3 years, 3 months ago

'Rahul Gandhi Not Alternative to Modi in 2024': Interesting Pitch of Mamata's Lawmaker

News 18  

In the Trinamool Congress party’s internal meeting in North Kolkata on Thursday, senior MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay said that it is West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and not Rahul Gandhi, who is the face of opposition against Narendra Modi. The TMC has high regard for Congress President Sonia Gandhi but when it comes to Rahul the party leaders have always …

The 'Namaste' Says It All: Why Mamata's Meet With Sonia, Rahul Builds Oppn Hope for 2024
3 years, 5 months ago

The 'Namaste' Says It All: Why Mamata's Meet With Sonia, Rahul Builds Oppn Hope for 2024

News 18  

The ‘Chai pe Charcha’ between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi was the talk of the town on Wednesday as the two leaders met to prop up a strategy to take on the BJP in the 2024 general elections. As Banerjee entered 10, Janpath, both Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi came out to receive her, …

Mamata Banerjee to meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in Delhi today
3 years, 5 months ago

Mamata Banerjee to meet Congress chief Sonia Gandhi in Delhi today

India Today  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will meet Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi on Wednesday. The meeting between Mamata and Sonia Gandhi will be their first since TMC's resounding victory in the West Bengal Assembly election in May. Mamata Banerjee and Sonia Gandhi are expected to discuss the opposition bloc's long-term goals in the run-up to the …

Why Mamata is focusing on New Delhi
3 years, 5 months ago

Why Mamata is focusing on New Delhi

India Today  

On July 24, the Trinamool Congress’ Members of Parliament appointed party chief Mamata Banerjee to a new post—chairperson of the TMC’s parliamentary unit. As part of the TMC’s strategy to build a greater national presence, Mamata’s nephew and party second-in-command Abhishek Banerjee has instructed party MPs to ensure 100 per cent attendance, and to come prepared to make their voices …

Why Mamata is marching on New Delhi
3 years, 5 months ago

Why Mamata is marching on New Delhi

India Today  

Beginning July 25, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will spend five days in New Delhi. Her reasons for visiting New Delhi at this time have to do with building a national coalition of opposition parties to take on the Narendra Modi-led BJP government at the Centre. Though the next Lok Sabha elections are still three years away, Mamata’s poll …

Mamata’s Delhi Visit Could be PK’s Strategy to Reignite Regional Party Power Ahead of 2024 LS Polls
3 years, 6 months ago

Mamata’s Delhi Visit Could be PK’s Strategy to Reignite Regional Party Power Ahead of 2024 LS Polls

News 18  

On March 23, 2019 — ahead of the Lok Sabha Polls — Congress president Rahul Gandhi compared Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee with BJP’s Narendra Modi. Despite her desperate call for a ‘Mahagathbandhan’– even after having a mega show on January 19, 2019 where 23 political party leaders were present at the Brigade Parade ground — the anti-BJP front turned …

Has Mamata Banerjee emerged as a contender for the PM's post?
3 years, 7 months ago

Has Mamata Banerjee emerged as a contender for the PM's post?

India Today  

In the past, Bengalis have missed out on having one of their own on the prime minister’s chair on several occasions. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s huge victory against the entire BJP brigade in the assembly election has made her the natural choice for the post of a challenger who can take on the powerful duo of Prime Minister …

What are the major factors that helped Mamata trump the Modi challenge in Bengal?
3 years, 8 months ago

What are the major factors that helped Mamata trump the Modi challenge in Bengal?

India Today  

At the end of it all, despite losing her own seat of Nandigram, Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress are set to emerge victorious in 213 seats in West Bengal, beating the party’s previous best of 211 in the 2016 Assembly election. From welfare schemes that were praised even by BJP voters on the ground to staying in campaign mode …

Modi Vs Mamata? How The Battle for Bengal is a Decisive Point in The War for 2024
3 years, 10 months ago

Modi Vs Mamata? How The Battle for Bengal is a Decisive Point in The War for 2024

News 18  

Last Monday, Mamata Banerjee had a visitor in the form of Tejashwi Yadav. And 24 hours later, the Congress’ two allies in Maharashtra — Shiv Sena and NCP — joined in with their endorsement of Mamata. Sanjay Raut even went as far as to call Mamata the ‘real Bengal Tigress’. More importantly, Mamata has delivered where Rahul has failed time …

The Bengali card: Is Mamata trying to give TMC a new ideological core?
4 years, 1 month ago

The Bengali card: Is Mamata trying to give TMC a new ideological core?

India Today  

In its two-decade-long existence as a political outfit, the Trinamool Congress has barely managed to spell out a well defined ideological base for its followers. BENGALI SUB-NATIONALISM Riding high on her “Maa, Mati, Manush” plank, TMC has grown manifold in the past one decade with a singular core belief Mamata Banerjee as the supreme leader. With Mamata Banerjee setting the …

Why is Mamata Banerjee suddenly trying to distance herself from Congress and Left Front on CAA-NRC issue?
5 years ago

Why is Mamata Banerjee suddenly trying to distance herself from Congress and Left Front on CAA-NRC issue?

Firstpost  

A curious development is taking place among the Opposition political space. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee skipped Opposition meeting led by Congress. Vowing that she won’t allow Left and Congress to make the strike successful in Bengal, Mamata reportedly said: “Those who don’t have any political existence in the state are trying to ruin its economy by pursuing cheap …

Election results 2019: Ab ki baar, 300 paar: Modi makes it mumkin for BJP
5 years, 7 months ago

Election results 2019: Ab ki baar, 300 paar: Modi makes it mumkin for BJP

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will govern India for five more years with a new, bigger parliamentary majority granted by millions of voters who pressed the button next to the lotus. - Prime Minister Narendra Modi The previous record-holder was Rajiv Gandhi's Congress, now facing a crisis under the stewardship of his son, Rahul Gandhi. It seems Rahul Gandhi's regular fulminations …

As Bengal looks Modi-fied, Mamata claims 'moral victory'
5 years, 7 months ago

As Bengal looks Modi-fied, Mamata claims 'moral victory'

Op India  

Narendra Modi is set for the second term as the Prime Minister as BJP is seen crossing the majority mark. Amidst this soaring victory of Modi-led NDA government, West Bengal Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee is the first to claim a ‘moral victory’. Incidentally, Congress’ mouthpiece National Herald had also claimed a ‘moral victory’ and conceded its defeat in the 2019 …

Mamata versus CBI: Implications beyond the moment
5 years, 11 months ago

Mamata versus CBI: Implications beyond the moment

Deccan Chronicle  

The BJP has projected the Supreme Court order directing Kolkata Police Commissioner Rajeev Kumar to make himself available before the CBI as a blow to the Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal and a moral victory for the investigating agency. But CBI claims that he is protecting some more and is a “potentially accused himself” But it goes without mention …

Rahul Gandhi must forge a different Congress
6 years, 3 months ago

Rahul Gandhi must forge a different Congress

Deccan Chronicle  

If Narendra Modi had set the tone in late 2013 and early 2014 by unleashing a no-holds-barred attack on Sonia and Rahul Gandhi, thus inaugurating an era of personalised name-calling in politics in which every FIR led to Jawaharlal Nehru, months before crucial elections, Mr Gandhi appears to have taken aim squarely at the Prime Minister, with the available material …

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