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The Architect of BJP’s Bengal Revolution
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 movements, the strength of organizational politics, and the strategy of regime change, it is Suvendu Adhikari. From student activism to emerging as the face of the Nandigram movement, and eventually becoming leader of th
Akhilesh Sinha
10 hours ago3 min read
Violent Endgame
The shocking murder of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari’s closest aide Chandranath Rath on a public road in Madhyamgram, immediately aftert he BJP scored a historic landslide in the West Bengal Assmebly election by toppling Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress, is not merely another political killing in the state. It is the logical culmination of a culture of gangsterism that has flourished under Mamata Banerjee’s rule for over a decade and a half. Bengal has long witnessed violen
Correspondent
2 days ago2 min read
Learn to Accept Defeat, Ms. Banerjee
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 eventually became an irrelevant shadow haunting the court of her enemies, clutching at past glories, refusing to accept defeat. On the political stage of West Bengal, that scene has just been performed again. Let me go back a little to some
Rik Amrit
3 days ago6 min read
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