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TMC merger possible, but a LoP is unlikely
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As TMC merger speculation grows amid internal turmoil, Congress is unlikely to replace Mallikarjun Kharge with Mamata Banerjee as Rajya Sabha Opposition leader
New Delhi: After suffering a crushing setback in the West Bengal Assembly elections, Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief...
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TMC’s split boosts BJP’s push for key reforms
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New Delhi: Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, along with her nephew and MP Abhishek Banerjee, is facing a series of political setbacks, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) continues to...
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The Architect of BJP’s Bengal Revolution
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From student activism and the Nandigram movement to defeating Mamata Banerjee twice, Suvendu Adhikari emerged as the strategist and mass leader
New Delhi: If there is one leader in West Bengal politics who has successfully combined the intensity of grassroots...
Learn to Accept Defeat, Ms. Banerjee
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Writing this piece, I find myself thinking of Shakespeare’s Margaret. Those who have read the Henry plays or Richard III will understand why. Margaret rose from nothing to the heart of English royal power. She fought, she governed, and she...
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The Quiet Shift in India’s Ballot
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The 2026 Assembly poll results have shown that India’s voters are shifting from familiarity to aspiration by rewarding those leaders and parties who promise a credible path to the future.
Something significant has shifted in Indian politics, and we are...
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Poriborton!
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BJP candidate for Bhabanipur and Nandigram constituencies Suvendu Adhikari, who defeated West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the prestigious Bhabanipur seat, shows a certificate of election on Monday. Pic: PTI
Mumbai: The Bengali word “Poriborton” translates to profound change....
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Ballot Quake
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The keenly-contested state elections in four states and a union territory witnessed mandates that have taken a tectonic turn in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The voters here have delivered verdicts that have completely upended entrenched narratives and redrawn...
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The Exit Poll Mirage
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While exit polls sketch a dramatic map of India’s electoral mood, the line between projection and verdict remains perilously thin.
With the ballots across five politically pivotal arenas of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry falling silent until...
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Record turnout leads to talks of change
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Political circle wonders whether the historic 92.88 per cent turnout reflects anti-incumbency or stronger support for the ruling regime
Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves during a roadshow amid the ongoing West Bengal Assembly elections in Dum Dum, North 24 Parganas...
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Quiet Triumph
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For a state as fractious and combustible as West Bengal, the first phase of the 2026 assembly election delivered a record 92.89 percent turnout, which was roughly ten percentage points higher than in 2021. The credit for this disciplined exercise,...
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Mob Rule
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The shocking events in Malda, West Bengal, where seven judicial officers were held hostage for hours during a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise while being denied basic amenities, are the logical outcome of a political ecosystem nurtured under the state’s...
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Freebies, infiltration to dominate discourse
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee holds a child on the occassion of Eid al-Fitr in Kolkata on Saturday.
New Delhi: In the West Bengal assembly elections, issues of illegal infiltration and freebies are set to dominate the discourse. The...
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