Author: TVW News India Bureau

The game is on, And how. As Bengal inched towards the first phase of an assembly election that has implications not just for the state but for the entire country, all stakeholders brought out their heavy artillery. In an indication of how big the Bengal prize is, the Bharatiya Janata Party had all its big…

On March 19, at an election rally in Doom Dooma in upper Assam, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi called Prime Minister Narendra Modi a “liar” for not fulfilling the promise he had made in 2016 to tea garden workers to raise their daily wages. The next day, at a rally in Chabua, 30 km away, Modi…

Political BFFs TMC turncoat Sovan Chatterjee and Baisakhi Banerjee quit the BJP on March 15 after both were denied tickets. The two have made headlines in the past for their close friendship. They had joined the BJP together in August 2019 and have repeatedly threatened to quit together. This time, the threat, it seems, wasn’t…

Since 2006, one political party, the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF), has been a part of every coalition government in Assam. Formed in 2005, it shared power with Congress between 2006 and 2016. Just before the assembly poll in 2016, it dumped its former ally and joined hands with the BJP. In February this year, the…

Fumbling at the finish line Source link

Can the Gandhi’s save the Congress? Source link

In the upcoming April 6 Tamil Nadu assembly election, Chief Minister E.K. Palaniswami is faced with a somewhat Herculean task, winning a third consecutive term for the All India Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). Achieving this will match the record of party founder M.G. Ramachandran, the actor-turned-politician whose radiating charisma and zeal for people’s welfare won…

A Watershed Summit Source link

Game’s On Source link

As the first two phases of the West Bengal assembly poll, covering 60 seats in West Midnapore, East Midnapore, Bankura, Jhargram, Purulia and South 24 Parganas, got over on April 1, the BJP claimed victory in no less than 50 seats. Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee cautiously refrained from making any prediction, or even…