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Just received the new book on
#BIMSTEC
. I contributed a chapter on "
#trade
and
#investment
". Publisher: Pentagon Press. Price: Rs 1295. Available on Amazon. Thanks
@SreeradhaDatta
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Huge attendance at
@narendramodi
rally at brigade parade ground in
#Kolkata
. One of the largest, I witnessed in 30 years.
#WestBengalElections2021
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#Bangladesh
paying price of fluffing growth by subsidies. After 50% hike in petrol, gas for industry & power costlier by 150-180%. 70% electricity from gas. This is beginning. Banks empty. Forex shortage. Huge debt. Missing
#Indian
economists who wr floored by BD numbers in 2020.
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#India
just completed construction of the longest 5.13 km rail bridge in
#Bangladesh
as part of a $389 mil India-financed project. India gave $9.5 bn credit to BD & projects started coming up. Near zero coverage in Indian
#media
. Why?
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In a significant move,
#BJP
ensured jobs for one family member of each of its 204 cadres killed in
#WestBengal
. The tally includes those killed after the 2021 assembly election.
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#BJP
often complains about Left-Liberal ecosystem. Valid complaint. I can give endless reference in support. But what did BJP do to counter it intellectually? Accept it, Left, Congress knew how to create ecosystem. Trinamool learnt the trick. You didnt learn & thats hurting you.
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Every Bengali should celebrate notification of
#CAARules
#CitizenshipAmendmentAct
. We suffered the most in the religion-based
#Partition
in 1947. Here is my podcast in FB in Bengali.
Complete neglect by
#jawaharlalnehru
to Bengali
#refugee
vis-a-vis Punjab, gave rise to a
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#MamataBanerjee
did everything undemocratic to stop
#BJP
rally in
#Kolkata
today. BJP's organisational weakness known. Yet common ppl joined it. The anger against the govt is coming out in the open.
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The Delhi-Mumbai (1500 km) Expressway will reduce journey time from 25 to 12 hrs. In Bengal, we couldn't make a decent highway Kolkata-Siliguri highway. 555km distance is backbreaking 13-14 hr journey in covid times. For 2 only lecture baji by LF and TMC govts
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#PMModi
posted an innocent inflight work pix. It invited a deluge of such pix of other PMs published in newspapers. Modi's post didnt demand exclusivty. Critics ended up proving that all PMs enjoyed inflight work publicity. They depended on TV/newspaper.
@narendramodi
has twitter
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ABV introduced
#pensionreforms
, MMS took it to states. That same
@INCIndia
(& AAP) is today sabotaging
#India
's one of d most important fiscal reforms in 30 yrs. Those
#economists
who are maintaining silence are acting against national interests.
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Those who think
#India
shud hav avoided
#lockdown
for economy, wud hav slaughtered
#Modi
at 1/5th of USA's 26K death. Those who think lockdown & reopening could b betr managed must hav learnt it in their dreams. Becoz modern world hasnt seen it. Its trial error.
#COVID2019india
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A perfect reminder why
#Trinamool
is facing the wrath of the people and why they may be wiped out in
#westbengalassemblyelection2021
. Two schoolteachers are dragged by rope for opposing arbitrary
#landacquisition
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Farmer doesn't mean Punjab and Haryana. And I don't support political agenda in the name of farmer.
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#CBI
could go and grill the Gujarat CM, Modi for hours. None made it an issue. But in
#WestBengal
mamata's police is blocking way of CBI to reach the Kolkata police commissioner and some people are discussing CBI's right and intent.
#CBIvsKolkataPolice
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This small clip tells too many stories about transition from isolation to integration of
#NorthEast
to rest of
#India
and the role
#Modi
played in this transition. I keep track of NE for 25 yrs. Each & every word he said is correct.
#Nagaland
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It takes a lot even for the most 'sensitive' and cerebral Bengali to denounce violence. Note the evolution of tweets.
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@BJP4Bengal
is following the script that killed Congress in
#WestBengal
. Dozens are killed, MP attacked & party runs to HM seeking Prez Rule instead of hitting d road. As Opposition, none will take u seriously in Bengal unless you shun AC offices and visible on d street.
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Early prediction for
#WestBengalElections2021
: Unless
@BJP4India
makes any major mistakes in cadidate selection & election is fair;
#BJP
hs distinct edge. Poor ground level organisation in South Bengal & complacency among boothlevel leaders are only weaknesses.
@SandipGhose
1/n
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#SupremeCourtOfIndia
feels CJI should be part of the panel to select CEC. Why CEC & panel? SC should select PMs, govts. SC should run the country. Long ago noted advocate and former speaker Somenath Chatterjee of CPM warned the country about the dangers of judicial activism.
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Interesting!
#MamataBanerjee
changing statement to accident. No more reference of "4-5 miscreants". Inconsistencies remain tho. She says she was standing on d bonnet. All eye witness said she ws sitting in d slow moving car wid door open. The door hit an obstruction & injured her
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On
#WomensDay2024
a BJP activists house was ransacked at Karandighi, S Dinajpur. Man fled. Wife distobed, molested. Daughter & son have fractures. Everything in house including idols destroyed. "Not a single attacker ws Hindu" she said. Get video Google translated from Bengali.
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#WestBengal
&
#Punjab
are only 2 major States with worst fiscal position. Top foreign trained
#economists
had been FM of Bengal for half a century.
#Mamata
Banerjee had critical observations on Indian economy only two days ago.
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Should a State govt have right to act against national interest, that too pertaining to security? Do we need overpowering central act?
#WestBengal
@timesofindia
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Babul Supriyo's journey to TMC is ironic. He was introduced to BJP by a camp that was close to Jaitley and Jaitley was close to Didi. But that's just part of the story. One thing is certain
#BJP
's strategy on
#WestBengal
was at best a khichdi.
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Unbelievable!
#VaccineWastage
is as high as 37.3% in Jharkhand, 30.2% Chhattisgarh and 15.5% Tamil Nadu. Nationally, states wasting 6%. It means half of the 2 crore
#vaccine
inventory wid states wasted while opposition running
#VaccineShortage
campaign?
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Some facts on
#Agnipath
. A regular (permanent) lowest order soldier recruit in
#IndianArmedForces
earn a total of appoximately Rs 14 lakh in 4 years.
#Agniveer
will earn Rs 15.6 lakh plus Rs 11.5 lakh parting money, total Rs 27.1 lakh 1/4
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That sums up the story. Over 75 lakh
#vaccinated
on a single day. A new record, probably only to be borken too soon. Glad that it came on
#WorldYogaDay
.
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Interesting indeed! This is screenshot from an anti-
#BJP
campaign by
#trinamool
&
#MahuaMoitra
supporters 4
#WestBengalElections2021
It appealed in many Indian languages. But why in
#Chinese
? A few Chinese origin people still live in
#kolkata
. But they speak bengali, English
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By Apr17, 61% seats in
#WestBengal
will be polled. Rest 3 phases in 12 days only. Govt staff already free to fight
#COVIDEmergency
. Phased election was a boon as it required less staff at one go. What is need for clubbing 6,7,8 phases?
@ECISVEEP
#WestBengalPolls
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Actor
#RudranilGhosh
who contested for
#BJP
from Bhowanipore, Kolkata in 2021, is creating sensation through his hard-hitting satire vlogs on social political issues in
#WestBengal
. Outstanding indeed. BJP shud take care of him. He is denied jobs here.
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#India
doesn't need to learn
#animal
right,
#environment
care from the West. Religion eaches us respect animals, rivers, . Lets stick to our old values. Meet Raman, the celebrity
#elephant
from Kerala.
Meet India’s tallest Elephant- 56 years old Thechikkottukavu Ramachandran, fondly known among the elephant lovers as “Raman” & enjoys a huge fan following across Kerala.
He opens the door of the Vadakkumnathan Temple for poora vilambaram for Thrissur pooram festival.
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The tide is against
#MamataBanerjee
. Hindus consolidating to BJP. young Muslims r deserting her 4 Abbas. The next 2 rounds r crucial 4 her to stay in cimpetition. BJP's inner-party issues only solace. But
#Modi
wave may mitigate that.
#WestBengalPolls
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Did I cast my vote in
#KMCElection2021
? I did, but
#WestBengal
state EC possibly forgot 2 order indelible ink. Enquired with others, mark vanished in no time. Meanwhile, EC reported high 63% polling. Our personal experience: voters' interest was historic low. Vote is fun in WB
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And,
@scroll_in
expects contributions to promote 'journalism'. No wonder journalism became a curse word and media is on death bed. This report should at best appear in some party pamphlet.
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#Pakistan
is set to get 23rd bailout in 75 yrs.
#SriLanka
is waiting for 17th bailout in 60 yrs. They needed 2-3 bailouts/decade. Time to look at new indicators 4 sustainable
#development
beyond GDP, HDI etc. Happiness a hoax. Bhutan is highly indebted. Surviving 4 pol reasons.
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I will be happy to see
#Kejriwal
in jail, someway or the other, for his obnoxious remarks against the
#CitizenshipAmendmentAct
. Politics in this country took us,
#Hindu
families affected from partition, as free-ka-maal. This fellow has no idea about our pain and is serving the
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The 2nd most populous state in NE is a top performer in
#vaccination
. D achievement of
@BjpBiplab
govt in
#Tripura
almost went unreported in national
#media
. Stroy wud hav bn different if CPM was in power. BJP must ask itself why de must learn d art of frm
#Left
.
Adding to the illustrious list of places recording 100 percent vaccination, happy to share that Purna Chandigarh Gram Panchayat in Mohanbhog Block of Sepahijala District also has been vaccinated fully.
This is just the beginning, Tripura will be fully vaccinated soon.
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The buzz in the air is a BJP MP from
#WestBengal
will return to
#TMC
because son wants to enter Bengali film industry, which is controlled by the ruling dispensation. 😀
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For long, being Leftist was considered
#intellectual
in
#India
& rest were ostracised. That was rule. Advani, Jaitley helped create clubhouse 2 counter Khan Market. But real change came thru
@narendramodi
@AmitShah
winning machinery. For d 1st time ppl like us r liberated. 1/2
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Except a lone wolf judge (Abhijit Gangopadhyay) of Calcutta HC, the entire legal-justice system has been supporting/protecting sustained gross violations of democracy in
#WestBengal
.
#Modi
is busy with his national game. Except
@SuvenduWB
, local BJP is useless. CPM, Congress &
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My two pennies: Please explain why AZ (Covishield) didn't ask for EUA in USA, despite being approved in 130 coutries? Second, pls check US track record in protecting interests of its pharma industry.
A vaccine that has been administered in India to the tune of 29 million doses has been denied emergency-use approval in the US.
In its new announcement, the FDA has denied emergency use approval for Bharat Biotech's Covaxin.
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BJP's failure in winning 'intellectual' debate became most apparent in
#CAA
. Reason lies with party. I worked in this space 4 too long to kno how long term agendas are set. Why intellectualism is equated to
#Left
leaning among a section in
#WestBangal
&
#India
. 1/n
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Murder & intimidation of opposition, clashes - polling on in
#Trinamool
heartland in
#WestBengal
. Free & fair election can see
#BJP
making strong inroads here.
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The amount of joy that people of all hues are expressing at the arrest of
#anubratamandal
, is unprecedented! Cattle smuggling is passe. He symbolised crude, oppressive power.
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When a state takes pride that 95% subscribers enjoy free
#electricty
at a time when the world is suffering
#energy
insecurity; its either super-rich (and should pay extra tax) or is led by the insane or something sinister. The recipe to destroy
#India
!
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This is a representative pix of what I grew up with in
#WestBengal
. Can we beat it that
#cpim
and
#naxalites
taught us 2 ideolize two biggest mass murders of history,
#JosephStalin
&
#MaoZedong
. Is it a coincidence that politics continues to be violent in Bengal?
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Why no accountability of MPs in pushing
#vaccination
in their constituency?
#Congress
speaks so much on
#vaccine
but when it comes to Raebareli, they keep mum.
#SoniaGandhi
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@KanchanGupta
Fully agree. Almost all sorts of official accounting of refugees from East Pakistan/Bangadesh stopped after 1958. If the country was divided on religion, then people should enjoy right 2 migrate based on religious identity, but migration window ws officially closed in 1949.
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Adani entered and made a big presence in Port & power business during UPA. It built it's food & edible oil empire during UPA. Nothing wrong in that. But
#RahulGandhi
saw
#Adani
only now.
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Bengali Muslim party ISF of Abbas will cause serious damage to
#Trinamool
and wil win a few seats in S24P & N24P dists. But
#Left
&
#congress
may weaken substantially.
#BJP
made strong inroads everywhere.
#WestBengalElection2021
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#Bangladesh
asks
#India
to investigate
#Jamaat
-e-Islami link with
#Trinamool
Congress in
#westbengal
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Hillarious attempt by
#Trinamool
to distance from
#ParthaChatterjee
&
#sscscam
. Court exposed scam, sent ED/CBI. Mamata Banerjee govt tried to suppress d scam, opposed court order. CM smelt conspiracy. Partha has been party gen secy & top minister in
#WestBengal
.
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@pbhushan1
If you are to join Trinamool, please do so. We Bengalis didnt make you our moral guardian.
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#Kokata
is only
#Indian
city where
#metro
projects (1+3) are fully sponsored by the Centre/
#IndianRailways
. (Rest of India 50:50 /urban dev.) UPA misdeed. Serious liability on IR. Wonder
#NarendraModi
doesnt monetise them? Support 4
#BJP
least in Kol, so no political compulsion.
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The well-to-do class are prime carriers of
#COVID2019india
. However, they r used to privileges. Naturally de take quarantine order as a fun.
West Bengal: Woman, who recently returned from Spain to her hometown Siliguri, disregarded doctor's advice of home quarantine and went out to walk her dog triggering panic in the area, says local councillor.
#coronavirus
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A day will come, in not so distant future, when
#JammuKashmir
will cool down (as Northeast cooled down) but states like
#WestBengal
will be
#India
's headache.
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I love
#Kolkata
#media
. It gives me an international feel. 🙂 An outsider's perspective to
#WestBengal
. The size of
#sscscam
news in today's
@ttindia
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All my life I kept on watching, often helplessly, that most common rules like traffic rules r not applicable in parts of the city. And, then we hear this generalisation 4 a stray incident, which has its roots to encroachment of avg 100 bighas public land by each family.
Assam horror is an example that majority radicalisation is no more just a ‘Hindi-belt phenomenon’.
Majority radicalisation and violence against the minorities is growing and now a pan-India occurrence.
This should worry us all coz it has covert and at times overt state support.
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PM
@narendramodi
not only brought the national spotlight on
#NetajiSubhashChandraBose
, he will also be remembered for bringing
#India
's national hero from the captivity of Bose family. For 75 yrs they became MPs & MLAs while Netaji remained a 'forgotten hero'. Happy!
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I was probably a loner for last couple of months to flag that all is not well with
#Bangladesh
and, that the
#economy
has gaping holes. Wrote in
@SwarajyaMag
and said the same in
@vifindia
as well. Wonder why economists & columnists missed the signals.
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#Trinamool
seems to have made it a strategy to create chaos & confusion at booths on
#EVM
. Defeatist approach and dangerous for
#democracy
.
#WestBengalElection2021
phase-1.
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#BJP
is losing d plot in
#Tripura
. Problem within party. In contrast to Left-rule, Biplab Deb govt's #`political administration weak. Dissidence aganst CM at peak. Bureaucracy leading show. Thats deadly in
#Northeast
. Central cadre IAS work with short-term career interest 1/2
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Every ranking excercise is debatable. But no scope of debate on the assesment of
#Kolkata
as
#India
's worst city in terms of
#employment
and
#growth
. The price
#WestBengal
paying for pursuing wrong politics for 50 years. No wonder 18-29 yrs rush out.
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Who is responsible for the
#vaccine
shortage in
#WestBengal
- Centre or State failure? If no shortage in TN. Karnataka; why Kolkatans should scramble? Pvt hospitals breaking second dose rule.
@drharshvardhan
@AmitShah
should clear air.
#WestBengalPolls
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Repeated clashes between
#trinamoolcongress
and ISF of Abbas Siddiqui in S&N 24P districts for
#Muslim
votes indicate
#Mamata
's worsening poll position. In 2016, TMC now holds 56/64 seats in 2 dists with 26-36%. Will lose many in
#WestBengalElection2021
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2 reports, same content, from 2 places in TOI 24/11/22.
#WestBengal
CM
#MamataBanerjee
indirectly instigating ppl against land 4 central projects NH, Rail etc. She "asked ppl to start agitation". Can a CM say this? How long shud State put Dev at ransom for
#politics
?
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As a journalist I have been witness to many promises to revive
#KolkataPort
for 3 decades. But the port condition only deteriorated. All that changed in last few years, SPM Port is now a management case study, courtesy able leadership.
@narendramodi
@KumarIvinitk
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There are reasons why people keep faith on
@narendramodi
. He is a remarkable motivator. When he speaks people listen. Listen to his request to olympians.
#WATCH
| Prime Minister Narendra Modi requests the
#TokyoOlympics
Indian contingent to visit 75 schools by 15th August 2023. He urges them to spend an hour with the students at these schools and create awareness about malnutrition and inspire them for sports.
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Except in pockets,
#Left
votes will not increase as momentum against
#Trinamool
gaining traction & BJP seen as viable alternative. BJP ws gaining on negative sentiment against TMC.
#Modi
's huge pull can convert it into a positive momenum for BJP.
#WestBengalElections2021
5n/n
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18 Yr old first time BJP voter killed in Sitalkuchi in coochbehar. Police officer killed in Goalpokhar. Sitalkuchi, Sitai, Bhangar, Goalpokhar - vote is other name of violence in these ACs for decades.
#WestBengalElection2021
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#Mamata
says,
#Trinamool
will win
#WestBengalElection2021
, "tarpor dekhe nebo". Meaning, she will take
adversaries to task after the election. Is it threatening?
“Cool cool, Trinamool. Vote pabe jora phool”.... “tarpor dekhe nebo”, says Mamata Banerjee at Nandigram.
#feelfreetointerpret
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Huge consolidation of SC/ST/OBC votes in BJP's favour neutralised Muslim vote factor. Also, Bengali Muslim r looking 4 options beyond
#MamataBanerjee
. ISF will dent in select dists.
#BJP
may also get Muslim votes in pockets.
#Amphan
had hit TMC.
#WestBengalElections2021
4/n
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Was talking to a prominent
#Trinamool
leader. He has no doubt that
#BJP
is enjoying huge support in
#WestBengal
. But, he feels,
@BJP4India
cannot convert it into votes due to organisational weaknesses. "Voters are ready but the state organisation is not."
@BJP4Bengal
is
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So a mere rural fight where a gang of Hindu and Muslim boys had beaten up a magic amulet seller was given a communal shape? Reminds me of that unfortunate death of a boy over a fight for a train seat. Then 'beef' was newsmaker. Now 'Ram'
The Case of Magical Amulet (Taviz) turned into Communal Hate by Vested Intetests
Parvesh , Adil and Kallu are under Arrest and Search for Rest is on
Don't take this Case in Isolation
@myogiadityanath
. Act Now , Register Case against Fake News Peddlers .
@Uppolice
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The open rejoice from some quarters, including some retired army officers, at the news of
#Bipin_Rawat
#helicopter
crash, proves that the country has filled every rank with anti-nationals for so many years.
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#PriyankaTibrewal
of
#BJP
will lose Bhawanipur
#byelection
. Demography a reason. & TMC will not leave any stone unturned (read whatever u mean) 2 ensure
#Mamata
's win. But the selection is correct. Tibrewal was crucial 4 legal recourse to
#postpollviolence
in
#WestBengal
.
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There is a limit to everything. Around 4 years ago, Dengue reached endemic proportions in WestBengal. Government was suppressing info. Doctors were barred from writing Dengue as cause of death. My son suffered. Didn't find any national press talking abt it. Same ppl are after UP.
Ndtv reports 16 viral fever deaths,many children, in 48 hours in Firozabad. UP govt claims to be one of the “best health care systems”! It did so during Covid 2nd wave also. UP voter can tell us the truth after 6 months.
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Min 1
#lottery
shop in every 1km in
#Kolkata
. An entire state is lives on doles, gambling & Rs 10-12k/pm contractual jobs. Few quality pvt employers. Govt employees best earners. Some make money, from you know what. Paradise built by
#left
& top
#economists
.
#WestBengal
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Humbled 🙏 that Honbl Home Minister
@AmitShah
ji, acknolwedged my contributions as an economic commentator with a view to break the vicious cycle of low-level equilibrium in
#WestBengal
. Watch 15.26-27 mnt.
#SankalpPatra
#BJP
#WestBengalElections2021
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I still remember the tweets/commentaries by Opposition leaders, economists, journalists who predicted
#india
's failure in
#vaccination
. Now see the result. Compare and "digest".
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Roughtly 25-30% of votes counted so far. But trend contrary to my predictions.
#Trinamool
coming back with huge majority. Huge vote shr shows Hindu votes didnt consolidate. ISF cut into TMC vote share in two districts. But Hindus didn't back BJP as expected.
#WestBengalPolls
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Bogus! Junior information min said. Next day, it was rubbished by a more powerful Awami leader. Hasina is not mad. She butters Hefazat. Any misadventure and islamists will turn the table on her.
It's wonderful to see Bangladesh proposing a constitutional amendment to declare itself a secular state. That's worthwhile in itself, but can also help the economy. My analysis of the Bangladesh economy and growth prospects.
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Does
#BJP
believe that they should solve their domestic issues, be it exodus or protecting cardes, pertaining to
#WestBengal
, on twitter?
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This
#fakevaccination
incident in
#WestBengal
seems more complex than it appeared.
#DebanjanDeb
used to grace ocassions with dignitaries frm police, politics at ease. His name featured with senior ministers in a plaque. Saw report involving a State PSU.
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You have to have 34 years of experience of living in Left and hearing how they made Bengal great, to understand this. Nonsense.
Kerala has the lowest seroprevalence of 44%, MP highest at 79%. It implies that Kerala has managed Covid better.Its multiple of seroprevalence to reported case load is also lowest.Therefore present spike in case load is due to failure of Centre in providing sufficient vaccine.
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