Bengal: By Snatching Muslim Votes from Mamata, Left-Congress Ally Abbas Siddiqui May Help BJP's Cause
3 years, 10 months ago

Bengal: By Snatching Muslim Votes from Mamata, Left-Congress Ally Abbas Siddiqui May Help BJP's Cause

News 18  

Kolkata: Sitting at the one corner of his dilapidated muddy house made of hay bales with a palm-frond roof at Lauhati in Rajarhat, North 24 Parganas district, Huzaifa looks restless as he has to finish all the broom bindings by ‘Jumma’ so that he can sell it in the local weekly haat to earn some extra money. Being immensely popular among Muslims with substantial mass support in some parts of Bengal’s border areas, he once termed himself a “great fan” of Asaduddin Owaisi of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen. This is the reason why the Left Front and Congress agreed to consider us as an alliance partner.” With a more than 31 per cent vote share, Muslim voters are undeniably a key factor in the West Bengal polls. Banking on Muslims, as Hindu votes gravitated towards the BJP, Siddiqui’s ISF could spoil Mamata’s game and improve the BJP’s chances due to an inevitable division in the Muslim vote share. West Bengal accounts for the second highest Muslim population in India which is nearly 2.47 crore, who form about 27.5 per cent of the state’s population.

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Opinion: Mahila, Muslims, Middle class - The 3 Ms who will decide Delhi's fate
1 week ago

Opinion: Mahila, Muslims, Middle class - The 3 Ms who will decide Delhi's fate

India Today  

Delhi will go to the polls on February 5 and votes will be counted on February 8. In the 2015 elections, 53 per cent of women voted for the AAP, 34 per cent backed the BJP, and 10 per cent supported Congress. In the 2020 elections, 60 per cent of women backed the AAP, 35 per cent BJP and three …

Keeping up with UP: How BJP won Muslim majority seats in bypolls
1 month ago

Keeping up with UP: How BJP won Muslim majority seats in bypolls

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Yogi Adityanath and Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Bhartiya Janata Party chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh and Assam, who have a penchant for delivering polarising speeches and slogans are key leaders for the party in the North and the Northeast. Senior BJP leader Sunil Bansal, former in-charge of UP, had directed local leaders in western UP to get 10,000 …

Maharashtra election: How MVA and Mahayuti performed in Muslim-dominated seats
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Maharashtra election: How MVA and Mahayuti performed in Muslim-dominated seats

Hindustan Times  

In the Maharashtra assembly elections, 11 constituencies with over 35 per cent Muslim voters delivered mixed results. Mumba Devi: Congress’s Amin Patel defeated Shiv Sena’s Shaina NC by 34,844 votes in a constituency with over 50 per cent Muslim voters. Follow- Election results live Akola West: Congress’s Sajid Pathan narrowly beat BJP’s Vijay Agarwal by 1,283 votes in a constituency …

BJP's vote share bigger than JMM in Jharkhand; 21 women candidates win in Maharashtra: Key takeaways
1 month, 3 weeks ago

BJP's vote share bigger than JMM in Jharkhand; 21 women candidates win in Maharashtra: Key takeaways

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance scored a landslide victory in the Maharashtra assembly election, obliterating the Maha Vikas Aghadi's challenge and handing the Congress its biggest loss in the state. The Congress's vote share was 12.42 per cent, followed by Shiv Sena's 12.38 per cent, NCP's 11.28 per cent and Shiv Sena 's 9.96 per cent. The BJP contested …

BJP's vote share bigger than JMM in Jharkhand; 21 women candidates win in Maharashtra: Key takeaways
1 month, 3 weeks ago

BJP's vote share bigger than JMM in Jharkhand; 21 women candidates win in Maharashtra: Key takeaways

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance scored a landslide victory in the Maharashtra assembly election, obliterating the Maha Vikas Aghadi's challenge and handing the Congress its biggest loss in the state. The Congress's vote share was 12.42 per cent, followed by Shiv Sena's 12.38 per cent, NCP's 11.28 per cent and Shiv Sena 's 9.96 per cent. The BJP contested …

Election Wrap: Mahayuti’s Decisive Victory Is Big Story This Poll Season. Hemant Scripts I.N.D.I.A Comeback In Jharkhand
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Election Wrap: Mahayuti’s Decisive Victory Is Big Story This Poll Season. Hemant Scripts I.N.D.I.A Comeback In Jharkhand

ABP News  

Maharashtra Elections 2024: The Mahayuti’s massive win in Maharashtra was the big story from the latest election season, even as the Opposition managed to retain Jharkhand with a decisive majority. Led by the BJP’s 132 seats, the Mahayuti looked set to wrest 236 seats in the 288-seat Maharashtra assembly, reducing the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi to 48. Hail Jharkhand!” While …

Trinamool dominates West Bengal bypolls, leads in all six constituencies
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trinamool dominates West Bengal bypolls, leads in all six constituencies

India TV News  

Trinamool Congress candidates are leading by significant margins in all six assembly constituencies where by-elections were held in West Bengal. Key trends from the bypolls In Sitai, a Scheduled Caste seat, TMC's Sangita Roy is leading with a massive 73,452 votes, holding a commanding margin of 60,493 votes over BJP's Dipak Kumar Ray, who has secured 12,959 votes. In Madarihat, …

Maharashtra polls: Mixed bag for MVA, Mahayuti in Muslim-dominated seats
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Maharashtra polls: Mixed bag for MVA, Mahayuti in Muslim-dominated seats

New Indian Express  

MUMBAI: It was a mixed bag for 11 seats with more than 35 per cent Muslim voters, where six candidates of the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi emerged victorious in the Maharashtra Assembly polls on Saturday, while four seats went to the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance. The Asaduddin Owaisi-led All India Majlis-e-Ittehad Muslimeen, which is not aligned with either of the coalitions, …

Religion, caste in BJP bid to unite Hindu vote base
2 months ago

Religion, caste in BJP bid to unite Hindu vote base

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party and its ideological fount, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, have stepped up efforts to strengthen their campaign to coalesce Hindu voters and prevent a split on caste lines in poll-bound Jharkhand and Maharashtra, people aware of the details said. A senior BJP leader said the campaign, which has seen terse messaging from party leaders including Prime Minister Narendra …

Congress anti-Hindu, 'B-Team of Muslim League': BJP's Nitesh Rane
2 months, 1 week ago

Congress anti-Hindu, 'B-Team of Muslim League': BJP's Nitesh Rane

Hindustan Times  

Nitesh Rane, the Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate from Maharashtra's Kankavli, called the Congress party the B-Team of the Muslim League. He also supported MNS chief Raj Thackeray's statement over loudspeakers on mosques and called them illegal and a violation of the high court's order. Therefore, what Raj Thackeray ji is saying, and what we all believe, is that in Maharashtra, …

CPI, Congress in West Bengal: A Potential Alliance Emerges
2 months, 2 weeks ago

CPI, Congress in West Bengal: A Potential Alliance Emerges

The Hindu  

CPI(M) is open to an alliance with the Congress in West Bengal, despite both parties fielding candidates separately for the upcoming byelections. The Left Front has made seat adjustments considering parties outside the Left Front, with a candidate of the Indian Secular Front (ISF) and a candidate of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation fielded in the Haroa and …

Mayawati's BSP to Focus on Upper Caste Votes in Upcoming Bypolls
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Mayawati's BSP to Focus on Upper Caste Votes in Upcoming Bypolls

The Hindu  

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is set to play spoilsport in the upcoming byelections, aiming to disrupt the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and Indian National Congress (INC) dominance in Uttar Pradesh. The party has fielded four upper caste candidates in four seats, hoping to combine its core Scheduled Caste vote bank with that of the caste of the candidate to …

Lessons for the BJP in Bengal bypoll losses
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Lessons for the BJP in Bengal bypoll losses

Hindustan Times  

The byelections for four seats in the West Bengal Legislative Assembly have dealt a big blow to the Bharatiya Janata Party as it chases its goal of breaking into the Trinamool Congress’s bastion. He had won the seat on a BJP ticket in 2021 by approximately 17,000 votes, before defecting to the TMC, resigning his membership of the assembly and …

Muslim-dominated Manglaur, Uttarakhand: How communities vote
6 months ago

Muslim-dominated Manglaur, Uttarakhand: How communities vote

Op India  

On the 13th of July 2024, Congress secured two major victories in Uttarakhand Assembly by-polls – one from the Manglaur seat and the other, from Badrinath. Qazi Mohammad Nizamuddin won as a BSP candidate with an almost 37% vote share defeating Congress’ Muslim candidate who came third with a 27% vote share. In the 2024 by-elections, BJP fielded Kartar Singh …

Ravneet Bittu's Rise, Kangana 'Slap' Row: What Lies Ahead for BJP in Punjab?
7 months ago

Ravneet Bittu's Rise, Kangana 'Slap' Row: What Lies Ahead for BJP in Punjab?

The Quint  

The results of the 2024 elections reveal both the success and the limitations of the BJP's strategy. First, no single Lok Sabha seat in Punjab can be won purely by consolidating urban Hindu votes as every seat has sizable rural segments. The BJP led in five urban Hindu majority segments in Ludhiana but performed terribly in three rural/semi-rural segments and …

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: BJP faces minor challenges in Gujarat
7 months, 1 week ago

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: BJP faces minor challenges in Gujarat

The Hindu  

Gujarat continues to be under the spell of the BJP. The BJP has a uniform and robust vote share both in rural and urban areas with almost two in every three voters supporting it but the Congress was able to register a slightly better support of voters from rural areas than in urban areas. Though as reported during the campaign, …

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: Why the BJP underperformed in U.P.
7 months, 1 week ago

CSDS-Lokniti post-poll survey: Why the BJP underperformed in U.P.

The Hindu  

The INDIA coalition’s performance in Uttar Pradesh in the Lok Sabha elections has surprised everyone. The Lokniti-CSDS post-poll survey data show that the general/upper caste Brahmin, Rajput, and Vaishya voters largely favoured the BJP, while the Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes and Muslim voters preferred the INDIA coalition. Yadav and Muslim voters consolidated in favour of the INDIA coalition along …

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says Congress now a ‘completely’ Muslim party in Assam
7 months, 1 week ago

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says Congress now a ‘completely’ Muslim party in Assam

The Hindu  

The Lok Sabha election in Assam over three phases saw the Muslims swing from the All India United Democratic Front to the Congress, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. Saying that the Congress has “completely” become a Muslim party, he said the party’s vote share did not increase at the cost of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Mr. Sarma said the …

Opinion: How Didi succeeded in mobilising Bengali mistrust of Centre
7 months, 1 week ago

Opinion: How Didi succeeded in mobilising Bengali mistrust of Centre

India Today  

Inclusion, not polarisation, is West Bengal’s 7. As she crisscrossed the state, addressing a staggering 150 rallies, and walking miles to connect with her constituents, Mamata Banerjee’s message was simple: do not allow West Bengal to be overpowered by the Centre. It was a rejoinder to Modi’s campaign that if West Bengal’s voters joined him, he would oust Mamata Banerjee …

BJP breaks Kerala jinx, vote share grows
7 months, 1 week ago

BJP breaks Kerala jinx, vote share grows

New Indian Express  

KOCHI: The BJP, though shocked with the results at the national level, is happy with its performance in Kerala. Though Union ministers V Muraleedharan and Rajeev Chandrasekhar lost by wafer-thin margins, the party bettered its position in the state by improving its vote share by 3.5%. Repeating her record of doubling the party’s vote share in every election she contests, …

India election results: Did ‘secular’ parties let Muslims down, too?
7 months, 1 week ago

India election results: Did ‘secular’ parties let Muslims down, too?

Al Jazeera  

Scared of the BJP describing them as pro-Muslim, these parties distanced themselves from the community, analysts say. “They know that a large part of India’s middle class is radicalised to the extent that taking the name of Muslims might harm the fortunes of political parties,” Mohammed Ali, an award-winning journalist based in New Delhi, said, speaking of Gandhi’s Indian National …

Mid-day trend indicates big victory for TMC in Bengal; Congress, Left in crisis
7 months, 1 week ago

Mid-day trend indicates big victory for TMC in Bengal; Congress, Left in crisis

Hindustan Times  

T Police personnel escort election officials as they carry an EVM inside a counting centre in Delhi As West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress left its principal adversary Bharatiya Janata Party behind at 30 of the state’s 42 Lok Sabha seats till 2pm on Thursday, the trend indicated that the saffron camp failed to retain the ground it gained five years …

Exit poll predicts BJP would breach Trinamool's South Bengal fortress
7 months, 1 week ago

Exit poll predicts BJP would breach Trinamool's South Bengal fortress

India Today  

The India Today-Axis My India exit poll has predicted a massive setback for the Trinamool Congress in the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal. According to the exit poll, while the BJP would likely get 26–31 seats out of the total 42, Mamata Banerjee-led TMC would likely get around 11-14 seats. The exit poll predicted that the vote share of …

Polarisation of Muslim votes likely to block BJP’s Bengal LS target
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Polarisation of Muslim votes likely to block BJP’s Bengal LS target

Hindustan Times  

Kolkata: Seventeen months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a Bharatiya Janata Party national executive meet in Delhi that his party should reach out to Muslims, especially those from the economically backward strata, the minority community may have emerged as a major hindrance to the saffron camp’s target of winning 30 of Bengal’s 42 Lok Sabha seats in the …

View: Can Mamata Banerjee’s bold Bengal gambit restrict the BJP?
7 months, 2 weeks ago

View: Can Mamata Banerjee’s bold Bengal gambit restrict the BJP?

Hindustan Times  

Even when the idea of a joint opposition front, INDIA, was being laid out by the leaders of anti-BJP parties, Mamata Bannerjee had other ideas for Bengal. Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of India's West Bengal state and Trinamool Congress party leader addresses her supporters during an election campaign meeting. Read: Mamata Banerjee on Narendra Modi's ‘sent by God’ remark: 'We'll …

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 …

Can Mamata’s Aggressive Stitch In Time Over Muslim OBC Quota Save ‘The Nine’ Going To Polls In Last Phase?
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Can Mamata’s Aggressive Stitch In Time Over Muslim OBC Quota Save ‘The Nine’ Going To Polls In Last Phase?

News 18  

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee faces a critical test in the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections on June 1. The seventh phase comes amid three significant Calcutta High Court rulings, including the cancellation of the Muslim OBC quota, which may have a “mixed" bearing on her support base. MAMATA’S ASSERTION While Hindu OBC …

BJP Leader and Rajya Sabha MP Lahar Singh Siroya: ‘What should we do when Muslim leaders do not want to join us?’
7 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP Leader and Rajya Sabha MP Lahar Singh Siroya: ‘What should we do when Muslim leaders do not want to join us?’

The Hindu  

Published : May 24, 2024 16:38 IST - 9 MINS READ Lahar Singh Siroya, a Rajya Sabha MP from Karnataka, has been a two-term MLC. He has been a loyal member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and the BJP for more than five decades and has often been described as the State BJP unit’s Hindi conduit to the Central leadership. …

Narendra Modi calls Calcutta HC verdict on Muslim quota 'tight slap'; Mamata Banerjee warns BJP of ₹1000 crore notice
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Narendra Modi calls Calcutta HC verdict on Muslim quota 'tight slap'; Mamata Banerjee warns BJP of ₹1000 crore notice

Hindustan Times  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the Calcutta high court's verdict that struck down the OBC status granted to "77 classes" in West Bengal, was a “tight slap” to the Opposition's INDIA bloc. West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a public meeting supporting Trinamool Congress candidate from Dum Dum seat, Sougata Ray. Because the West Bengal government issued …

Mamata threatening Hindu religious organisation for her vote bank says Modi
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Mamata threatening Hindu religious organisation for her vote bank says Modi

The Hindu  

Accusing West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee of threatening Hindu religious organisations like Bharat Sevashram Sangha, Ramakrishna Mission and ISCKON, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday alleged that the Chief Minister is indulging in such acts to “appease her vote bank under pressure from Muslim fundamentalists”. The Prime Minister made the remarks at election meetings in …

India’s parliament has fewer Muslims as strength of Modi’s party grows
8 months ago

India’s parliament has fewer Muslims as strength of Modi’s party grows

Associated Press  

MALAPPURAM, India — Preventing Muslim migrants from gaining citizenship. India has gone from being a country where Muslims were largely marginalized to one where they are “actively excluded,” said Ali Khan Mahmudabad, a political scientist and historian at New Delhi’s Ashoka University. so they remain enemies,” said Mehmood Bhai Khatri, a 64-year-old Muslim voter from Modi’s home state of Gujarat, …

35 Muslim candidates contest Lok Sabha polls in Gujarat; none fielded by Congress
8 months, 1 week ago

35 Muslim candidates contest Lok Sabha polls in Gujarat; none fielded by Congress

The Hindu  

Thirty-five Muslim candidates are contesting the Lok Sabha election in Gujarat but the Congress has this time broken its tradition and not fielded a single person from the community in the State. This time, 35 Muslim candidates are in the fray for the Lok Sabha polls to be held in 25 out of the 26 seats in Gujarat, compared to …

Muslims now stand with BJP; understood Congress, INDIA bloc using them as pawns: PM Modi
8 months, 1 week ago

Muslims now stand with BJP; understood Congress, INDIA bloc using them as pawns: PM Modi

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said Muslims now understand that the Congress and INDIA bloc are using them as pawns, asserting that the community is distancing itself from them after seeing the development carried out by the BJP. Addressing a rally in support of BJP candidate Rekha Verma in Dhaurahra, Modi said that the poor and those belonging …

‘Hindus have become second class citizens in Bengal’: PM Modi slams Mamata govt
8 months, 1 week ago

‘Hindus have become second class citizens in Bengal’: PM Modi slams Mamata govt

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday lamented Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress during his public address in Bardhaman-Durgapur, Krishnanagar and Bolpur in West Bengal saying that TMC has reduced Hindus to second-class citizens. Starting with the slogans of Jai Maa Durga, Jai Maa Kali and Har Har Mahadev, Modi spoke vividly and furiously about various hot issues, including Sandeshkhali, Ram mandir, …

'Why TMC, better to vote for BJP': Adhir Chowdhury's video sparks row
8 months, 2 weeks ago

'Why TMC, better to vote for BJP': Adhir Chowdhury's video sparks row

Hindustan Times  

The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday accused senior Congress leader and party candidate from Baharampur constituency, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, of allegedly endorsing voting for the BJP in a poll-bound rally saying that it is better to vote for BJP than TMC in West Bengal. Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury In the purported video shared by the Trinamool's official X handle, the …

Opinion: Low turnout in Bengal is as worrisome for Mamata Banerjee as is for Modi
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Low turnout in Bengal is as worrisome for Mamata Banerjee as is for Modi

India Today  

In West Bengal, fewer voters turned up at the polling booths to cast their ballot and the political establishment felt a cold chill. Roughly, over the two phases, voter turnout across 190 seats fell by three per cent compared to 2019. In Cooch Behar, which was won by Union Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs Nishit Pramanik, …

Castes from Muslim communities ‘intentionally’ included in backward classes, claims BJP
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Castes from Muslim communities ‘intentionally’ included in backward classes, claims BJP

Hindustan Times  

Ahead of the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections, Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Shahnawaz Hussain said some castes from the Muslim community were intentionally included in the backward community under the reservation system allotted under the Mandal Commission. BJP national spokesperson and former Union minister Shahnawaz Hussain "In the reservation system given under the Mandal Commission, some people intentionally …

Future of INDIA bloc depends on TMC's performance in Bengal: Abhishek
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Future of INDIA bloc depends on TMC's performance in Bengal: Abhishek

The Hindu  

Senior Trinamool Congress leader Abhishek Banerjee on April 24 asserted that the future of the INDIA bloc depends, to a large extent, on the performance of his party in West Bengal in the Lok Sabha elections. "The future of the INDIA bloc depends to a large extent on how the TMC performs in West Bengal. Coming down heavily on the …

'Mamata Banerjee can't dare to...': Amit Shah reveals BJP's target in West Bengal
8 months, 3 weeks ago

'Mamata Banerjee can't dare to...': Amit Shah reveals BJP's target in West Bengal

Hindustan Times  

Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said neither the Congress nor Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee can interfere with the Citizenship Amendment Act, Speaking at a rally in West Bengal, Shah also made a prediction as to how many seats his party will win in the Lok Sabha elections in the TMC-ruled state. Amit Shah claimed that Modi had …

BJP may edge past Mamata's TMC in Bengal, Mahua Moitra likely to lose: India TV Opinion Poll
8 months, 4 weeks ago

BJP may edge past Mamata's TMC in Bengal, Mahua Moitra likely to lose: India TV Opinion Poll

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Bharatiya Janata Party may script history in West Bengal as the party is likely to go well past Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, with the projection to win 23 seats out of 42 for the first time in the state since its inception. The BJP, which won 18 seats in …

Why Rajputs, other dominant castes are boycotting BJP in western Uttar Pradesh
9 months ago

Why Rajputs, other dominant castes are boycotting BJP in western Uttar Pradesh

India Today  

With less than two days left for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections, the BJP is witnessing troubling signs in western Uttar Pradesh, a region where it won the majority of seats in the last decade due to a consolidated Hindu vote. Saharanpur Caste equation Muslim: 42 per cent Jatav + other SC: 17 per cent Rajput: 8 …

Is BJP looking for a shift from 'Hindu exodus' poll plank in Kairana?
9 months, 1 week ago

Is BJP looking for a shift from 'Hindu exodus' poll plank in Kairana?

India Today  

The Kairana Lok Sabha seat in western Uttar Pradesh is expected to witness an intriguing contest in the upcoming general elections. However, the Samajwadi Party's win in Kairana in the 2022 Assembly election seems to have invoked a need for change in the BJP's strategy. Despite the alliance of the Samajwadi Party, Bahujan Samaj Party, and Rashtriya Lok Dal in …

Minorities likely to support TMC in Bengal during LS Polls
9 months, 1 week ago

Minorities likely to support TMC in Bengal during LS Polls

New Indian Express  

KOLKATA: Minorities in West Bengal, constituting nearly thirty per cent of the electorate, are likely to vote for the TMC to halt BJP's advance, despite the presence of a secular alternative in the form of Left-Congress alliance, community leaders said. According to minority leaders, Muslims in West Bengal, pivotal in several Lok Sabha seats, are inclined towards the Mamata Banerjee-led …

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Cooch Behar rally: One can trust snake but not BJP
9 months, 1 week ago

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Cooch Behar rally: One can trust snake but not BJP

The Hindu  

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on April 4 accused the BJP of not following the Model Code of Conduct for the Lok Sabha polls and asserted that a poisonous snake can be trusted but not the saffron camp. Addressing a rally in Cooch Behar, Ms. Banerjee alleged that the Central investigating agencies, Border Security Force and Central Industrial Security …

Assam BJP aims for Muslim votes, highlights development in Muslim areas
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Assam BJP aims for Muslim votes, highlights development in Muslim areas

New Indian Express  

UDALGURI: The BJP in Assam is pinning hopes on getting Muslim votes by riding on the prevailing peace and “equal treatment” of communities by the government. Talking to journalists after attending an event of NDA constituents here on Saturday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told journalists he does not find any reason why the Muslims would not vote for the …

BSP eyes revival of Muslim-Dalit combination in Western U.P.
10 months ago

BSP eyes revival of Muslim-Dalit combination in Western U.P.

The Hindu  

The Bahujan Samaj Party’s announcement of probable candidates on seven Lok Sabha seats in Western Uttar Pradesh hints at renewed attempts by the Dalit centric party to consolidate its Muslim support in the U.P. With five of the seven announced names hailing from the Muslim community, the party seemingly hopes to revive the old Dalit-Muslim social alliance, which is considered …

Lok Sabha Elections BJP Shehzad Poonawalla Sukanta Majumdar Mocks Congress INDIA Bloc Mamata Banerjee Nixes Alliance Hopes West Bengal
10 months ago

Lok Sabha Elections BJP Shehzad Poonawalla Sukanta Majumdar Mocks Congress INDIA Bloc Mamata Banerjee Nixes Alliance Hopes West Bengal

ABP News  

New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party took a swipe at the Congress after Trinamool Congress announced its candidates for all 42 West Bengal Lok Sabha seats on Sunday. Wherever Rahul Gandhi has gone, the INDI alliance took its… pic.twitter.com/gYJrprLRow — ANI March 10, 2024 Poonawalla's remarks were in reference to Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra that traversed through West …

No alliance in West Bengal; Congress says, ‘Don’t know what pressure TMC had'
10 months ago

No alliance in West Bengal; Congress says, ‘Don’t know what pressure TMC had'

Hindustan Times  

The West Bengal hurdle proved to be costly for the INDIA bloc as Trinamool Congress on Sunday announced 42 names for the Lok Sabha election without leaving any room for the Congress after days of uncertainty over whether there will be any opposition alliance in West Bengal or not. The Congress reacted to the names and said it always maintained …

Fight for the Dalit vote hots up in Uttar Pradesh
10 months ago

Fight for the Dalit vote hots up in Uttar Pradesh

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s latest bid to reach out to Dalits in Uttar Pradesh comes at a time when the State is simmering with Dalit anger over the death of a Jatav teenager in police firing in Milak area of Rampur district. On Thursday, as the State reeled under the news of the father of one of the victims of …

Lok Sabha elections 2024 | Rajasthan ground report: Can BJP sneak past 60% vote share?
10 months, 1 week ago

Lok Sabha elections 2024 | Rajasthan ground report: Can BJP sneak past 60% vote share?

Hindustan Times  

Sunset is just a few minutes away and the glittering magic of Ram Bagh Palace is a sight to behold. Now a five-star hotel, Ram Bagh Palace is testimony to both the past and future of Rajasthan and Indian democracy as close to a billion Indian voters get set to elect a new government. Rajasthan chief minister Bhajanlal Sharma, party …

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