No early assembly polls: Biman Bose
Aha! Dr Bose catches a statistical straw
Queen of Calcutta, not of Bengal yet Buddha loses popular mandate | ||
| ASHIS CHAKRABARTI | ||
Calcutta, June 2: Repeating the trend of the 2009 Lok Sabha polls, Bengal has again voted decisively against the Left. The results of the civic polls across the state should leave Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee in no doubt that he has lost the popular mandate to rule. The verdict is yet another confirmation of the big political transformation that has been taking place in Bengal since the panchayat polls two years ago. At the centre of the change is the people's rejection of the Left. And it is growing stronger from election to election. True, these were civic polls and the voters numbered about 16 per cent of Bengal's total electorate. Constitutionally, the government can last one more year. But these arguments do not alter the fact that the verdict has robbed Left rule of its political and moral legitimacy. More than ever before, Mamata Banerjee's call for early polls would not only look justified but also have a wider popular appeal. In rejecting the idea for early polls, the CPM's politburo member M.K. Pandhe and Bengal unit secretary Biman Bose were utterly predictable, but that only seemed to highlight the hiatus between the party and the people. The CPM's refusal to accept the people's verdict and seek a fresh mandate can only strengthen Mamata's resolve to force the issue. For, the people who voted overwhelmingly for her call for change could see in the CPM's refusal a brazen attempt to hold on to power. The massive swing against the Left has been mostly her doing. The results show that her campaign to forge a broad unity against the Left has not only held but also intensified since the 2009 polls. Nowhere was the popular mood stronger than in Calcutta, which has been her primary base for a long time. For all the CPM's campaigns against her over the recent train disaster, her party's alleged links with Maoists and other issues, the people seemed to have settled for just one thing — the ouster of the Left. Mamata's massive victory in Calcutta has few parallels in recent politics in Bengal. Her break-up with the Congress makes it look ever more awesome. But the results have another message that clearly makes Mamata's victory less than complete. She made a clean sweep of Calcutta, but failed to take the rest of Bengal. The difference between Calcutta and the districts for the Trinamul Congress is a striking feature of the results. While Trinamul won Calcutta and Salt Lake overwhelmingly on its own strength, it could get only 25 of the 79 civic boards in the districts. Hidden under that tally is the fact that in at least seven of these municipalities, Trinamul's success was made easier by official or unofficial seat adjustments with the Congress.
An important tale thus hangs by the "hung" verdict in as many as 29 municipalities. Mamata was confident that Trinamul would form the board in most of these civic bodies and the party may well do so. But that does not change the fact that she could not take the rest of Bengal the way she swept Calcutta. She would need the Congress to form the boards in the "hung" municipalities. This means that even such a massive wave against the Left is not enough for Trinamul to seize power in Bengal on its own. This may change but it is so at least at this moment. It is entirely possible, though, that many Congress winners will leave the party and join Trinamul to help the latter form the boards. But the results in the districts prove beyond doubt that Mamata's run for Writers' Buildings could still be an open question without help from the Congress. As for the Congress, the first look at the results could be somewhat misleading. With the break-up of the alliance, its chances never looked very bright. Mamata's campaign against the Left has always had another significant political angle — the spread of her area of influence had to be at the expense of both the Left and other non-Left parties such as the Congress. It is still unclear how much the Congress vote queered the pitch for Trinamul in the municipalities in the districts where the two parties fought each other. What is clear, however, is that the Congress has held on to its traditional areas of strength, such as Jalpaiguri, Cooch Behar, Malda, Murshidabad and parts of Burdwan and Nadia. And this too braving the double onslaught of the CPM and Trinamul. While the Left may become yesterday's story, the Congress could be more relevant than Mamata would like to admit. To capture Bengal whenever the Assembly polls take place, she may need the Congress more than the latter may need her because it is she, more than the Congress, who wants to rule Bengal hereafter. | ||
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Hung, it is time to reach out 29 municipalities tickle Trinamul and Congress | ||
| OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT | ||
Calcutta, June 2: The elections have thrown up as many as 29 hung municipalities, prompting Mamata Banerjee to soften her stand on the Congress and say she would welcome its support to form civic boards. In each of the 29 hung civic bodies, estranged allies Trinamul Congress and Congress can together form the board. Independents can also make a difference in some boards but they usually wait for the picture to become clear on who holds the edge before revealing their cards. Mamata had dubbed the Congress "a party of betrayers" and its leaders "CPM agents'' during the campaign. Today, she said: "We have no complaints against any political party for the failure of the alliance in the municipal elections. They might have had some compulsions. But I am with the UPA and will continue to be part of the coalition at the Centre to serve the people." She added: "If my UPA friend extends support to help us form civic boards in places where there is a hung verdict, I shall feel obliged to them." Asked whether the Congress would offer support to Trinamul to form boards, state Congress working president Pradip Bhattacharya said: "We wanted an alliance with Trinamul though it didn't happen. But it's good that Mamata wants our support. "I have talked to Pranabda (Pranab Mukherjee) today. The verdict across the state has been anti-Left, and the votes in the hung bodies went mostly in favour of Trinamul or the Congress. So, what's wrong in joining hands to form municipal bodies?'' In the past, the state has been witness to post-poll alliances between the Congress and Trinamul to form local bodies. After the 2008 panchayat elections, there were such tie-ups in several districts, leading to the formation of non-Left gram panchayats and panchayat samitis. North 24-Parganas, where 21 municipalities went to the polls on May 30, has the highest number of hung civic bodies: nine. Hooghly has four: Konnagar, Serampore, Rishra and Champdani. In Maoist-hit West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia, five of the 12 municipalities spread across the belt have witnessed hung verdicts. In north Bengal, where seven municipalities went to the polls, only two have hung bodies. The fate of Cooch Behar's Mathabhanga municipality, where there's a tie between Trinamul and the Left, may be decided by a flip of the coin. Of the 19 municipalities spread across Burdwan, Birbhum, Nadia and South 24-Parganas, nine require the Congress and Trinamul to tie up to form the board. Murshidabad, where six municipalities have held elections, is the only district without a hung verdict. |
Jitters give way to shouts of joy | ||||||
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Rabi Mondol's eyes were closed and hands folded. Standing outside Hare School on College Street, the 32-year-old electrician from Tara Chand Dutta Street was praying. "The initial trends are not encouraging. I hope my party maintains the momentum it gained in the Lok Sabha elections last year," muttered the die-hard Mamata Banerjee supporter around 9.30am, when Left Front candidates were going neck and neck with those of the Trinamul Congress.
An hour later, the picture had changed. A smiling Mondol reached into his trouser pocket. When he brought his hands out, he was holding a fistful of green abir. "I bought abir yesterday but did not want to bring it out before becoming sure that my party was going to win the election. Now we are going to celebrate," said Mondol, before blowing a bugle. Hundreds of Trinamul supporters who had been anxiously tracking trends erupted in jubilation at the sound. Huge party flags appeared from nowhere and covered the sky. Slogans like "Jidhar Mamata, udhar janta" and "Thanda thanda, cool cool, jeete gelo Trinamul" filled the air. More youths arrived on motorcycles, carrying abir, flags and badges with Mamata's picture and distributed these among supporters. The scenes in south Calcutta, Trinamul's bastion, were no different. The party supporters were celebrating outside every counting centre. Those outside Ballygunge Government School — many were waiting since dawn with party flags and abir — were the most jubilant. The party won all the 11 seats, whose votes were being counted in the school. "We have won all the seats in borough VIII. It's a clean sweep for us," yelled Sayan Chakraborty to every familiar face he saw around him. The party workers paraded a man in his mid-40s, wearing a garland of edible oil bottles and packets of cereals. "This is to say that the Left Front government is responsible for the price hike and the results reflect that," said Chakraborty.
Trinamul supporters outside Jodhpur Park Girls' High School, another counting centre, could scarcely believe the change in the party's fortunes. "Last time, we won only two out of the seven seats in borough XII. This time we won six seats in there," declared Pranab Dey, who had been standing outside the school for hours. | ||||||
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Centre orders CBI probe into train crash | ||||||
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| New Delhi, June 2: The UPA government today accepted Mamata Banerjee's demand and ordered a CBI probe into the Jnaneswari Express tragedy, the decision coming within hours of her party sweeping the Bengal civic polls. The probe has apparently been ordered under a section of the law that doesn't require the consent of the state government, which had told the Centre two days ago that the CBI needn't step in as the state CID was on the job. "The investigation will be done by the CBI because the incident happened on railway property. It will be a joint probe," a senior official of the Union home ministry said. Explaining "joint probe", he said it would be headed by the CBI, with the Bengal CID and the railway police as "associates". The notification for the CBI probe will be issued tomorrow. Mamata suspected a political conspiracy in the disaster that killed 150 people. But Union home minister P. Chidambaram said the "needle of suspicion" pointed towards Maoists. Publicly, however, the ministry claimed that it had the Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee government's "consent". "The state has consented," the official stressed. G.K. Pillai, the Union home secretary, spoke to Bengal chief secretary Ardhendu Sen and home secretary Samar Ghosh today, informing them about the decision. The move came after the home department received a railway ministry letter saying the state's consent wasn't needed under Section 5 (1) of the Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, which sets rules for CBI probes. Trying to remove the impression of a U-turn, home ministry officials argued that they had sought the Bengal government's consent earlier this week under Section 6A of the same act, which makes such concurrence mandatory. Section 5 (1) states: "The central government may by order extend (the) powers and jurisdiction of (a) member of the Delhi Special Police Establishment (in this case the CBI) for the investigation of any offences or classes of offences to any area (including railways areas) in a state." In Calcutta, home secretary Ghosh said a letter from the Union home secretary's office had also reached Writers' Buildings today. "I have received the letter and also talked to him (Pillai) on the matter." When it was pointed out that the CID was already probing the case, Ghosh said: "If it is found that the CBI will be probing the same issues and aspects of the sabotage, there will be no inquiry by the CID. Otherwise both inquiries may continue simultaneously." State police chief Bhupinder Singh almost echoed him, saying that even if the CBI conducts an inquiry, it sometimes seeks help from the state government. "We will provide them (the CBI) with assistance if they require. Sometimes, they start from the beginning, sometimes they pick up from the point till which the CID has completed its inquiry," he said. | ||||||
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The seven that withstood the winds of change: why and how they did it | ||
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June 2: The winds of change failed to have any major impact on the seven municipalities in north Bengal that went to the polls on May 30 along with 74 others across the state. Although the Trinamul Congress made marginal gains in the four municipalities in Cooch Behar district, the status remains more or less the same in all seven in the region except for Mathabhanga. In Cooch Behar's Mathabhanga, the CPM and Trinamul won six seats each and the civic board will be determined by the toss of a coin. The outcome in Dinhata, also in Cooch Behar, was particularly disappointing for Trinamul as it was there that the party had made its first major breakthrough by defeating the Forward Bloc on its home turf in the 2006 Assembly elections. Although there was a pro-Trinamul wave during the run-up to the polls, the party had little to show for it (see chart below). The Congress, however, will have to fall back upon Trinamul in the two municipalities of Cooch Behar and Englishbazar in Malda to gain control of the respective boards as they do not have single majority in either. So where were the winds that swept Trinamul into the Calcutta Municipal Corporation and many more municipalities in south Bengal? "I noticed during the campaign by Trinamul leaders in north Bengal that they only harped on the issues of Singur and Nandigram and highlighted their allegations about the CPM's terror tactics. Frankly speaking, these events have been taking place too far away for the electorate here to sit up and notice," said Sanjoy Chakrabarty, the secretary of the Jalpaiguri Welfare Organisation, an NGO. The people here, Chakrabarty felt, were habituated to seeing Mamata Banerjee jump into the fray whenever something cropped up in south Bengal but she rarely came to the north. "She visited the closed Kanthalguri tea garden in August 2007, five years after it had been shut down and toured the other estates too the same year," said Chakrabarty, who is not known to have any political leanings and is well-known in the district. In fact, Chakrabarty said, north Bengal has been a traditional Congress belt, barring Cooch Behar district, where the Left Front has retained power in the three municipalities of Mathabhanga, Toofangunj and Dinhata. "The Left has retained the Old Malda municipality as well and the Congress fared marginally better in Englishbazar," he said. Other observers pointed out that never during their campaigns did the Trinamul leadership touch upon issues like the situation in the Darjeeling hills, closed tea gardens and the overall underdevelopment of the region. "The Congress and CPM leadership mentioned these issues during their campaigns. Leaders like Nirupam Sen (CPM) and Deepa Das Munshi (Congress) were very prompt to raise these issues," the observer said. Trinamul district leaders blamed the top brass for the poor show in north Bengal. A senior party leader in Cooch Behar said the state leaders paid scant attention to the party organisation in the district. "We had to put up with the money and muscle power of the CPM and the Congress during the campaign, very little was sent to us from Calcutta," a district leader rued. "We would have certainly done better had the top party leadership concentrated a little more on Englishbazar rather than put in all their efforts behind Calcutta and south Bengal. We had Partha Chatterjee campaigning for the party on one occasion and it was plain that he was just going through the motions," said Babla Sarkar, a Trinamul state committee member in Malda. He said the party's poor show in Englishbazar could also be attributed to very poor campaigning. "In some wards, the party had put up very weak candidates, like Dolly Chowdhury in ward 14. She is a greenhorn and she could not poll more than 574," Sarkar said. Malda district president of Trinamul Gautam Chakrabarty alleged that unlike in Calcutta, where the absence of an alliance with the Congress did not affect the anti-Left votes, it was not the case in Englishbazar. "In many wards the anti-Left votes were split between us and the Congress," he said. | ||
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Trinamul buzz ends in whimper in Dinhata | |||
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Cooch Behar, June 2: The buzz that the Trinamul Congress would make inroads into the Dinhata municipality had been born after the 2006 Assembly elections when the party sank its teeth for the first time into the traditional Forward Bloc bastion. But despite the buzz, the Left Front retained the Dinhata municipality this time by winning 13 of the 15 wards. Trinamul could not increase its tally that stuck to two seats. The Congress that had won two wards in 2005 has been wiped out of the Dinhata civic body. Trinamul's Ashok Mondol, who had defeated Udayan Guha, the son of late Bloc stalwart Kamal Guha, by 3,630 votes in the 2006 Assembly elections, won from ward 6. The other Trinamul winner is Rabi Dey in ward 11. All Bloc candidates fielded in nine wards won. The CPM that had fielded five candidates and supported an Independent won in four wards.
Political observers here pointed out that after his defeat in the Assembly elections, Guha concentrated on strengthening the Bloc which had been riddled by factionalism, particularly after the demise of Kamal Guha. "After tasting defeat in the hands of the Trinamul Congress, Udayan, instead of becoming aloof remained active in politics and continued to rally his forces. Another major factor was the close and coordinated strategies that he adopted with the CPM in the district, something that was rarely seen earlier," an observer said. In fact, the killing of five Bloc supporters on February 5, 2008, in a police firing in front of the subdivisional office in Dinhata had left the two Left Front partners opposed to each other. "This had an effect on the May 2008 panchayat polls and Trinamul made inroads into panchayat samities where the Left had sitting MLAs," the observer said. However, he said it was quite surprising to see the rapport Guha had built with the CPM in recent times so that the Dinhata municipality remained with the Left Front. It is not that Trinamul had not gained in the district. "The party has won from three wards in Cooch Behar, six in Mathabhanga and four in Toofanganj taking its number up from six to 15 in all the four municipalities in Cooch Behar district. "The Left Front will independently form the boards in the Dinhata and Toofanganj municipalities. We are satisfied with the results and the people have voted in our favour," Guha said after the results were declared. The district president of Trinamul, Rabindranath Ghosh, did not have much to say. "We will have to analyse the results, that is all I can say at the moment," he said. |
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Hung verdicts trigger pact talk |
| OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT |
| Calcutta, June 2: The elections have thrown up as many as 29 hung municipalities, prompting Mamata Banerjee to soften her stand on the Congress and say she would welcome its support to form civic boards. In each of the 29 hung civic bodies, estranged allies Trinamul Congress and Congress can together form the board. Mamata had dubbed the Congress "a party of betrayers" and its leaders "CPM agents'' during the campaign. Today, she said: "We have no complaints against any political party for the failure of the alliance in the municipal elections. They might have had some compulsions. But I am with the UPA and will continue to be part of the coalition at the Centre to serve the people." She added: "If my UPA friend extends support to help us form civic boards in places where there is a hung verdict, I shall feel obliged to them." Asked whether the Congress would offer support to Trinamul to form boards, state Congress working president Pradip Bhattacharya said: "We wanted an alliance with Trinamul though it didn't happen. But it's good that Mamata wants our support. "I have talked to Pranabda (Pranab Mukherjee) today. The verdict across the state has been anti-Left, and the votes in the hung bodies went mostly in favour of Trinamul or the Congress. So, what's wrong in joining hands to form municipal bodies?'' In the past, the state has been witness to post-poll alliances between the Congress and Trinamul to form local bodies. After the 2008 panchayat elections, there were such tie-ups in several districts, leading to the formation of non-Left gram panchayats and panchayat samitis. North 24-Parganas, where 21 municipalities went to the polls on May 30, has the highest number of hung civic bodies: nine. Hooghly has four: Konnagar, Serampore, Rishra and Champdani. In Maoist-hit West Midnapore, Bankura and Purulia, five of the 12 municipalities spread across the belt have witnessed hung verdicts. Of the 19 municipalities spread across Burdwan, Birbhum, Nadia and South 24-Parganas, nine require the Congress and Trinamul to tie up to form the board. Murshidabad, where six municipalities have held elections, is the only district without a hung verdict. |
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City changes colour as winds of change sweep wards of war - Mamata the new queen of 'cool' | |
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Mamata Banerjee may have earned herself a new moniker along with a mandate for change: "Didi Cool". "Hain Didi, ekdom cool…ekhon porjonto dekhachhe aamra Calcutta-ey 92. Kintu chinta-r kono karon nei. Ekdom cool, aami aachhi, Mukul (Roy) aachhe (Ok Didi, absolutely cool…so far we have won 92 in Calcutta. Nothing to worry about. Absolutely cool…I am there, so is Mukul)," Trinamul Congress MLA Madan Mitra assures Mamata over the phone around 10.20am. The railway minister has instructed Man Wednesday Mitra to make sure party cadres remain "cool" and do not make a show of what is turning out to be a red rout by the green army in the city. "Didi ekhuni flight-e uthechhe. 12.30-er modhye neme jaabe (Didi has just boarded the flight. She will land by 12.30pm)," Mitra announces outside the Trinamul office on Harish Chatterjee Street. A roar greets the announcement but the crowd falls silent as Mitra cautions them: "Please…please, we are under strict instructions from Didi not to shout slogans or celebrate at the airport or any other public place." Sure enough, as Mamata walks out through the VIP enclosure of the airport at 12.45pm, she is greeted not by a crowd of delirious supporters but a muted group of party workers whose "cool" quotient on their day of triumph seems inversely proportional to the heat of the Celsius. There are no slogans, no cries of "Didi…Didi", not even a wave of the party flag. Mamata, cellphone to the ear, smiles in approval. "It's a historic victory…a victory for Maa, Mati, Manush. The CPM should leave on its own now," declares Mamata before getting into the front seat of her black Santro, accompanied at the back by her confidential assistant Ratan Mukherjee and a bodyguard. As the five-car convoy speeds down the Rajarhat Expressway, party supporters who have got wind of Mamata's arrival are milling at the Chinar Park crossing to stop the vehicles and congratulate their leader. Mamata waves at them as her Santro slows down, then pleads with them to be "shanto (calm)". Another wave of the hand and a smile, and she is gone. At Chingrihata, where the EM Bypass curves before straightening to hit the high-speed corridor, the sight of a white Maruti 800 with Mamata staring out of its rear windshield catches the lady's attention. The convoy slows down. "Didi wants that car to be kept out of the convoy. This is not a victory procession," an aide conveys Mamata's wish to a Special Branch officer in one of the vehicles following the Santro. Cool. Convoy moves again. It is 1.32pm when Mamata reaches Harish Chatterjee Street, her home and party office. She is smiling but won't get off the car until the crowd of flag-waving supporters is pushed back. Today, she must play it cool. "Apnara sorey jaan nahole Didi namben na (Didi won't get off if you don't move back a bit)," shouts Mitra before asking the Special Branch personnel to help clear the way. The 1,000-strong crowd cools down, though not for long. "Mamata aaschhe...ma bonera hanschhe (Mamata's coming…mothers and sisters are smiling)," shouts a supporter. Mamata doesn't complain, which is encouragement enough for another wisecrack slogan. "Didi tumi korle ki? CPM ebar khabe ki (Didi what have you done? What will the CPM eat now)?" Mamata makes her way through the adoring crowd to reach her home, where mother Gayatri Devi is waiting for her. Daughter bends down to touch her feet and mother lifts her to give a big hug and a broad smile. The crowd cheers. Loud enough for Mamata to play the cool card again. "Please be calm…I am requesting you with folded hands to be modest in victory," she beseeches. The crowd goes quiet. "I thank you for your tireless labour over the last two months, and I now ask you to go home, have a bath, have some food and sleep. There should be no celebration now. We will celebrate this victory in a big way on July 21," she announces. A young, enthusiastic supporter with a Mamata sticker on his forehead and a flag in his hand looks disappointed. "Lokkhi chhele, baba ebar tomra ghore jaao (Good boy, now you please go home)," Mamata pleads one last time. She has her way. Yet again. It's her day. |
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As the fate of the candidates was being sealed, Metro reporters scanned the mood at some of the counting centres across the city. Where: Jodhpur Park Girls School, Jodhpur Park Time: 8.20am-8.45am Wards: 103 to 109 (Dhakuria and Kasba) What we saw: Upbeat Trinamul supporters, carrying party flags and wearing headbands, had gathered around the school. CPM supporters were standing at a distance, quietly. Where: Hare School, College Street Time: 8am-9.30am, noon-1pm Wards: 36-37, 40-45 and 48-50 (New CIT Road, CR Avenue, College Street, Amherst Street) What we saw: Party workers and common people started trooping in even before the counting started. The initial drift was in the Left's favour but the trend reversed soon after. By afternoon, the area resembled a sea of green. Where: Jadavpur Sanmilita Balika Vidyalaya, Baghajatin Time: 9am-10am Wards: 101-102, 110-114 (Tollygunge, Garia and Jadavpur) What we saw: Around 150 CPM supporters had gathered beside the school, occasionally cheering as trends trickled out. Across the road, Trinamul supporters were seated in rows of chairs.
Where: Ballygunge Government High School, Beltala Time: 10.30am-11.30am Wards: 68-73, 84-87, 90 (Bhowanipore, Ballygunge, Deshapriya Park, Southern Avenue and other areas) What we saw: Around 300 Trinamul supporters were dancing, shouting slogans and smearing one another with green abir as trends showed their candidates were ahead in all 11 wards. Not a single CPM supporter was around. Where: Bethune Collegiate School, Bidhan Sarani Time: 9.30am-10.30am Wards: 21-28, 38 and 39 (Cossipore, BT Road, Posta, Sir Hari Ram Goenka Street, Kalakar Street and MG Road) What we saw: Supporters of almost all parties were scattered around but once the trends started emerging, BJP and Trinamul workers hit the street, forcing police to divert traffic on Bidhan Sarani for almost an hour. Where: Jaipuria College, Raja Naba Krishna Street Time: 10.30am-noon Wards: 10-12, 15-20 (Narkeldanga, Rajabazar, Beleghata, Maniktala) What we saw: Police had to put up barricades to separate slogan-shouting supporters of the CPM and Trinamul. The CPM won two wards but its celebration paled when Trinamul broke into raptures, hailing their victory in the rest of the wards.
Where: Mahadevi Birla Girls High School, Darga Road Time: Noon-1.30pm Wards: 56-59, 63-67 (Tangra, Pottery Road, Christopher Road and other areas) What we saw: Around 500 Trinamul supporters were inside the Park Circus maidan while the rival camp was represented by only five men near bridge No. 4. The Left Front ranks, however, swelled to 100 within minutes of Trinamul heavyweight Javed Khan's defeat being announced. Both groups headed for a face-off. The cops immediately took up position and RAF personnel started patrolling Darga Road. A showdown was averted. Where: Barisha High School, Behala Time: 9am-9.30am Wards: 115-123 (east Behala, Roy Bahadur Road, Thakurpukur and Haridevpur) What we saw: Trinamul supporters danced and shouted slogans every time there was an announcement that their candidates were leading. Traffic came to a standstill at times, as the Mamata brigade chose to celebrate its moment of glory bang in the middle of the road. CPM supporters, outnumbered, were standing across the thoroughfare. Forlorn. | |||||||
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In the drawing room of Congressman Ram Pyare Ram, the seasoned politician is jubilant. Not because he has won, for a ninth time. But because his wife has won. Hema Ram, 52, has been elected councillor from ward 80. This will be her second stint at the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC). She had first won in 2005. "Ward 80 became a woman's ward and my husband needed a candidate he could trust. So he chose me," she says. "I knew I would win," she says. In fact, that was her first thought after the municipal poll results were announced on Wednesday. Two factors that she thinks helped her win in the Port area were "the years of good work put in by my husband and the help and efforts of the party-workers". Hema is one of the 68 women who have won the municipal polls this year. But this time, the ward was not reserved for women. She seems to have come some way after being "chosen" to fill a seat. So many women in the CMC — about a half of it is female. And about a third of the elected women won from unreserved tickets. For some of them, it's an achievement.
For 26-year-old Sweta Indoria, too, victory was never a doubt. She fought on a Trinamul ticket, from an unreserved ward. "I was pretty confident about the results," says Sweta, a resident of Zakaria Street near Mohammad Ali Park. Not only is the political science graduate the only Hindu candidate in the Muslim-dominated ward 43, but also the only female contestant among the 12. She puts her second win on the trot down to her work with the women of the ward and her campaign to bring more young people in to vote. CPM candidate Sheila Kapoor, who won from ward 46, contested from an unreserved seat, defeating 13 male candidates to be councillor for the second term. Her direct contact with people and her hard work are the primary reasons for her victory, feels Kapoor. Being a woman made her chances even better. "My ward for me is an extension of my home and I treat the residents of my ward as my family members," says she, a painter and a homemaker. But if a third of the women, such as Hema Ram, won from unreserved wards, about the same number, including Hema Ram, have male political heavyweights as relatives. Tanima Chatterjee, 51, who has won from ward 87, the Southern Avenue area, is Subrata Mukherjee's sister. "It brought tears to my eyes to see him so happy," she says. Rubina Nazz walks out of the counting office in Alipore with her father-in-law Shamsuzzaman Ansari, the veteran who won from ward 136. Her husband is waiting for her outside. Rubina, 22, was fielded by her family as the Trinamul candidate from ward 135 when it was reserved for women. The burqa-clad Rubina has little to say for herself. Many of her answers are prompted by her husband and father-in-law. Women politicians are expected to bring more approachability and cleanliness, literally and metaphorically. But they are also feared to be the mouthpiece for the men, from their family and their party. They are more malleable, it is felt. Which of the stereotypes will the newly elected women at the CMC conform to? Or will they just do good work? | ||||||||||||||
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Is Mamata Banerjee set to become Bengal's next CM?IBNLive.com - 2 hours ago The Trinamool Congress, led by Mamata Banerjee, on Wednesday registered an emphatic win in the Bengal civic elections, seen as a trial run to next year's ...  Mamata Banerjee shows Congress who's boss in West BengalDaily News & Analysis - 17 hours ago Kolkata: Railway minister Mamata Banerjee's emphatic showing in the West Bengal civic polls has cut to size the Congress, the senior partner in the ruling ... Mamata Banerjee to get more clout in DelhiTimes of India - - 18 hours ago NEW DELHI: Mamata Banerjee's big victory in Kolkata and her considerable gains elsewhere in West Bengal in the civic polls may have altered equations to her ... Mamata Banerjee thanks people for victory in Kolkata Municipal CorporationOneindia - 21 hours ago Kolkata, June 2 (ANI): Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday thanked the masses for their staunch support, ... Mamata takes Kolkata. Bengal next?Livemint - - 3 hours ago Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TC) swept local body elections in Kolkata, drubbing the Left Front and putting her on course to end the 33-year-long ... Mamata Express: You can't stop her anymoreIBNLive.com (blog) - 7 hours ago Mamata Banerjee, the only person who stood up and challenged the Left Front is rewriting history. These elections were not about civic issues, ... Vayalar Ravi congratulates Mamata BanerjeeHindustan Times - Jun 2, 2010 PTI Union Minsiter for Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi on Wednesday congratulated Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee for her party's victory in ... Kolkata mayor: Trinamool keeps people guessingSify - 3 hours ago Kolkata: Speculation was rife on Thursday on who will be the new Kolkata mayor, with Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee saying a worker and not a ...  Mamata Banerjee jubilant; calls for early pollsOneindia - Jun 2, 2010 Kolkata, Jun 2: Mamata Banerjee who is jubilant over her success in the Bengal semifinals said that this is a 'landmark victory'. ... Mamata renews demand for early Assembly pollsThe Hindu - - 17 hours ago ... "clear message" to the Left Front government to step down, party chief Mamata Banerjee reiterated her demand for early Assembly elections, due in 2011. ...  Mamata gets vote, Nano a new homeBusiness Standard - - 19 hours ago The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) today swept municipal elections in the state, winning 36 municipalities out of 81 where elections were held ... Assembly polls should be held immediately: MamataSify - 21 hours ago Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee Wednesday called for immediate assembly polls in West Bengal, saying the Left Front government had lost the right ... Going by the scriptHindustan Times - 19 hours ago Lest we forget, Mamata Banerjee's run in the communist shop has had its share of false starts. Way back in 2001, when the TMC-Congress 'mahajot' (great ... Biman rejects early election callTimes of India - - 15 hours ago KOLKATA: Left Front chairman Biman Bose, on Wednesday, dismissed Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee's demand for advancing the Assembly elections in the ...  Mamata wins Bengal civic polls, demands early electionsNDTV.com - Jun 2, 2010 Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress (TMC) have won the West Bengal civic polls, seen as the semi-final before next year's state elections. ... Red bastions crumble in civic pollsBusiness Standard - - 19 hours ago The main opposition party in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress, led by its mercurial leader Mamata Banerjee, has maintained its winning streak by winning ... Trinamool forces Congress into a cornerHindustan Times - 19 hours ago The party is grappling with two fears now â€" one, after her stupendous performance, Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee may not leave enough contestable ... Mamata drives another nail in West Bengal Left coffinIndian Express - 16 hours ago ... in a "revolutionary and historic" victory in the West Bengal civic elections today, Mamata Banerjee repeated her call to the state government to resign, ...  exclusive: Mamata on victory, Congress tiesNDTV.com - Jun 2, 2010 In an exclusive interview to NDTV, Mamata Banerjee has said that she would like to fight the state elections in West Bengal next year with the Congress. ... Mamata finally?Hindustan Times - 20 hours ago Trinamool President Mamata Banerjee claimed that her party would gain control in 51 boards. But, much will depend on how the two UPA partners behave during ... Mamata unsettles CPM in Kolkata pollsNewsX - 21 hours ago And Mamata Bannerjee and her Trinamool Congress have won it. Mamata's party has posted a big win in civic elections in Kolkata and across West Bengal. ... Mamata's message to UPA: I'm the boss in BengalTimes of India - 15 hours ago After her signature wins in Kolkata and Salt Lake (Bidhannagar) muncipalities, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's version of gunboat politics would ... Left loses Salt Lake in wave of changeTimes of India - - 15 hours ago Salt Lake, the trendy township home to a vast section of the city's intelligentsia and bureaucrats, has voted Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress to power. ... The Mint Report for 02 June 2010Livemint - 18 hours ago A stunning victory for Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress on Wednesday. The party beat all expectations to sweep to power in the Kolkata Municipal ... Alliance to continue: CongIndian Express - 11 hours ago He added: "Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee is a part of the UPA and we will contest the Assembly elections in West Bengal together." Turbulent year for West BengalLivemint - 17 hours ago Mamata Banerjee has done it again. After inflicting serious damage on the Left in 2008 local body elections, she's gained more in the civic election results ... Slums caused Left downfallTimes of India - 16 hours ago On the whole, Mamata Banerjee won the battle of nerves, both with CPM and Congress and established her sway over the city. The Left lost the plot altogether ... Mamata Gets Kolkata, Nano Gets SanandWall Street Journal (blog) - - Jun 2, 2010 As the results of civic elections across West Bengal state started pouring in Wednesday, giving the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress an expected but ... Victory in civic polls a revolution: MamataIBNLive.com - Jun 2, 2010 Kolkata: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee called her party's victory in the West Bengal civic elections a "revolution" by the people of the state. ... Trinamool demolishes Left, humbles Congress in WB civic pollsTimes of India - Jun 2, 2010 KOLKATA: Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress today inflicted a crushing blow to the ruling Left front in the civic polls in West Bengal, capturing the ... |
Green energy in the airSify - 11 hours ago From even aboard Mamata Banerjee's Railways. "I am ashamed to say that I am a Left supporter. I have actively supported the party and its ideologies my ... Mamata's divided attention may bring a responsible MoS to rlysTimes of India - - 16 hours ago NEW DELHI: Mamata Banerjee's impressive performance in the West Bengal municipal polls may lead Congress leadership to replace at least one of the ministers ... Another win: Centre okays CBI probe into train crashHindustan Times - 19 hours ago The Centre on Wednesday accepted Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's demand for a CBI enquiry into the derailment of the Gyaneshwari Express in West Bengal ... CBI investigation will bring out the truth: DidiTimes of India - 15 hours ago KOLKATA: Addressing a news conference in Kolkata following her return from Delhi on Wednesday, Trinamool Congress chief and railway minister Mamata Banerjee ... CBI to investigate Bengal train crashLivemint - - 18 hours ago ... ordered a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the 28 May West Bengal train derailment, conceding railway minister Mamata Banerjee's demand. ... Didi wins twice: CBI to probe train carnageTimes of India - - 16 hours ago The decision was taken on the day when railway minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress -- which had been demanding CBI probe -- scored a thumping win ... CBI to probe train derailmentThe Hindu - 15 hours ago The Centre's decision came on a day when Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress emerged victorious in the civic polls in West Bengal. ...  Gyaneshwari train attack: Bengal govt agrees to CBI inquiryNDTV.com - Jun 2, 2010 It's what Mamata Banerjee has been demanding. Sources say the West Bengal government has agreed to a CBI investigation into last week's train accident in ... Cong bows to Mamata, orders CBI probe into train tragedyChandigarh Tribune - - 17 hours ago The ruling UPA coalition led by the Congress today bowed to the demand of its key-yet-tempestuous ally, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress. ... CBI probe's holistic mandate made CM to backtrackIndian Express - Jun 1, 2010 Even as the Left Front government rejected Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's demand for a CBI probe into the Jnaneswari Express derailment, ... CBI gets charge of train probe: Didi wins againAsian Age - 11 hours ago The Centre on Wednesday ordered a CBI probe into the Gyaneswari Express derailment last Friday following another request by railway minister Mamata Banerjee ... Centre bows to her demand for CBI probe into rail crashFinancial Express - 20 hours ago New Delhi: Even as news of the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress' spectacular victory in polls to West Bengal's local bodies started trickling in, ... Buddha, PC okay with CID probe in train attack: CPMEconomic Times - Jun 1, 2010 NEW DELHI: In a development that could anger railway minister Mamata Banerjee, CPM on Tuesday claimed that home minister P Chidambaram and West Bengal chief ... Delhi orders CBI probe in train crashCalcutta Telegraph - 16 hours ago New Delhi, June 2: The UPA government today accepted Mamata Banerjee's demand and ordered a CBI probe into the Jnaneswari Express tragedy, the decision ...  Bengal train tragedy: Mamata insists on CBI inquiryNDTV.com - Jun 1, 2010 A day after the Bengal government struck it down, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee insisted on a CBI inquiry for a fair probe into the West Midnapore train ... CBI to probe derailment of Gyaneshwari ExpressDeccan Herald - 18 hours ago The West Bengal government has changed its stand on the day when Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress has almost swept the civic polls. ... Mamata welcomes CBI probe into train mishapPress Trust of India - Jun 2, 2010 Kolkata, June 2 (PTI) With Centre deciding that CBI will probe the Jnaneshwari Express derailment in West Bengal, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today ...  Mamata says Government may approve CBI inquiry into Jnaneswari rail incidentdailynews365 (blog) - Jun 2, 2010 By JIT Mukherjii New Delhi, June 2 nd : Union Railway Minister Ms Mamata Banerjee has said that the Central Government have decided to order a CBI ... Gyaneshwari derailment investigation finally handed over to the CBIForestlaneshul (blog) - - 17 hours ago However Ms. Mamata Banerjee, the central Railway Minister identified it as a 'political conspiracy'. She continuously kept of insisting for the CBI probe ...  Centre to order CBI probe into train mishap: MamataPress Trust of India - Jun 2, 2010 Kolkata, June 2 (PTI) Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today said the Centre has decided to order a CBI investigation into the May 28 Jnaneswari Express ... Centre gets past state, CBI to probe train attackIndian Express - 16 hours ago ... Bengal had on Monday rejected a probe by the CBI, probably because the CPM did not want to be seen as acquiescing to a demand made by Mamata Banerjee. ... Probe into train derailment to be handed over to CBIPress Trust of India - Jun 2, 2010 New Delhi, Jun 2 (PTI) The Centre today ordered a CBI probe into Jnaneswari Express disaster--a demand made by Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee--on a day ... Centre concedes CBI probe demandDaily Pioneer - 19 hours ago Within hours of Mamata Banerjee's triumph in the West Bengal civic elections, the Centre conceded her demand for a CBI investigation into the Gyaneswari ... Buddhadeb, Chidambaram have agreed on no CBI probe: YechuryHindustan Times - Jun 2, 2010 Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, who is chief of the state's opposition Trinamool Congress, has been demanding a CBI inquiry into the accident, ... After Mamata's win, Centre orders CBI probe into rail mishapNew Delhi Chronicle.com (blog) - 17 hours ago Though only two days back the home minister P Chidambaram bunked the theory of a political conspiracy floated by the railway minister, Mamata Banerjee, ... Probe jab at MamataCalcutta Telegraph - Jun 1, 2010 ... is not needed in the Jnaneswari Express tragedy, CPM politburo member Sitaram Yechury said today in an apparent attempt to isolate Mamata Banerjee. ...  Only CBI can unravel truth: Mamataindiablooms - Jun 1, 2010 New Delhi, June 1 (IBNS) Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the West Bengal rail accident ...  Bengal says no to CBI probe, PC says needle of suspicion points to MaoistsIndian Express - May 31, 2010 The MHA had sought the Bengal government's views after Union Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee yesterday expressed suspicions of ... 'CBI probe into West Bengal train attack'MyNews.in - Jun 2, 2010 On Monday, in a snub to Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's demand, the West Bengal government ruled out a CBI inquiry into the May 28 disaster in West ... CBI probe for Jnaneswari sabotageindiablooms - Jun 2, 2010 The centre's decision for a CBI probe was in assent to the demand of Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee who said she had no faith in a CID probe. ... |
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The other absenteesSify - 11 hours ago The media is needlessly hostile to Mamata Banerjee, says a senior member of the Union Council of Ministers and a Congress party leader. ... Mamata Banerjee shoots herself in the footDaily News & Analysis - - Jun 1, 2010 "Her greatest enemy is her own tongue," a veteran Congress politician once said of Mamata Banerjee. He was right. At a time when her political career in ...  CPI(M) targets Mamata Banerjee for skipping cabinet meetingDaily News & Analysis - Jun 1, 2010 PTI New Delhi: Targeting railway minister Mamata Banerjee for skipping the cabinet meeting on Jharkhand today, CPI(M) said she was a minister of the entire ... Mamata Banerjee skips Cabinet meetOneindia - Jun 1, 2010 New Delhi, June 1 (ANI): Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress president Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday skipped the Cabinet meeting which was convened to take ... Miffed Mamata skips Cabinet meetTimes of India - Jun 1, 2010 NEW DELHI: Railway minister Mamata Banerjee kept up her pressure for a CBI probe into the attack on Jnaneswari Express which claimed 147 lives, ... Injured CPI(M) worker dies; Mamata defends remarkThe Hindu - - Jun 1, 2010 ... died early on Tuesday, even as Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee continued to defend her remark that the victim was a "notorious criminal. ... Mamta Banerjee Eludes UPA Once AgainAll India Today - - Jun 1, 2010 The Railway Minister Ms Mamta Banerjee skipped the meeting of cabinet committee on political affairs despite being in Delhi. The cabinet committee was ... Mamata gives Cabinet meeting a missBusiness Standard - Jun 1, 2010 ... the Left and the Congress in the West Bengal civic polls, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee skipped the Union Cabinet meeting, despite being in Delhi. ... Mamata skips cabinet meeting, says it's no big dealNDTV.com - Jun 1, 2010 Mamata Banerjee skipped a crucial cabinet meeting on Tuesday, but says this should not be interpreted as a sign of growing differences with the Congress. ... Cabinet isn't serious business for didiEconomic Times - Jun 1, 2010 NEW DELHI: Railway minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday amplified her disconnect with the Manmohan Singh government on its anti-naxal policy by skipping the ... Mamata denies rift with UPAThe Hindu - Jun 1, 2010 Despite skipping the Union Cabinet meeting, Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress president Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday denied there was a rift with the ... Mamata flayed for skipping Cabinet meetThe Hindu - - Jun 1, 2010 Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee's decision to skip Tuesday's Cabinet meeting in New Delhi drew criticism here from the State ... Didi snubs PC, skips Cabinet meetHindustan Times - Jun 1, 2010 Back in Delhi after a month, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee skipped Cabinet on Tuesday morning, saying "it was a very simple meeting" on Jharkhand. ... Day ahead of Bengal results, Didi drops in for UPA anniversaryIndian Express - Jun 1, 2010 Mamta Banerjee, the Trinamool chief and Railway Minister, on Tuesday tried to make a point as she skipped the Cabinet meeting but chose to attend the ... Mamata skips Cabinet meeting, has new excuseIBNLive.com - Jun 1, 2010 New Delhi: Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee was in New Delhi on Tuesday but did not attend the Union Cabinet meeting, saying the agenda didn't concern her. ... Mamata Banerjee Skips Cabinet Meeting On Jharkhand President Ruleindia-server.com - Jun 1, 2010 Mamata Banerjee was missing once again from an important meeting, this time it was her meeting with the Cabinet ministry that decided to impose the ... Crossing a lineIndian Express - May 31, 2010 It has been obvious that Mamata Banerjee has her eyes focused on nothing but grabbing her holy grail: the Writers' Building in Kolkata. ... Mamata absent in the morning, present in the eveningDeccan Herald - Jun 1, 2010 Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee said here on Tuesday that her party had no differences with the senior alliance partner Congress. Mamata, who skipped a ... Mamata in Delhi, skips CabinetAsian Age - Jun 1, 2010 Railway minister Mamata Banerjee raised quite a few eyebrows by skipping Tuesday's Cabinet meeting though she was in New Delhi, but chose to explain her ... 'Busy' Mamata skips Cabinet meetDaily Pioneer - Jun 1, 2010 A day after Home Minister P Chidambaram said Maoists could be behind the Gyaneswari Express attack, Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee skipped the Union ... Didi 'misses' Cabinet meet, snaps at pressDeccan Chronicle - Jun 1, 2010 New Delhi, June 1: The railway minister and Trinamul Congress chief, Ms Mamata Banerjee, decided to skip the Cabinet meeting here on Tuesday - called to ... Mamata on Delhi rollercoasterCalcutta Telegraph - Jun 1, 2010 Mamata Banerjee rode a rollercoaster of emotions in Delhi on Tuesday, a day before the results of the Bengal civic polls in which exit polls have put her ... Mamata gives Cabinet meeting a missindiablooms - Jun 1, 2010 New Delhi, June 1 (IBNS): Railway minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday gave a Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, a miss, though she was ... Congress downplays Mamata's absence from cabinet meetingPress Trust of India - Jun 1, 2010 New Delhi, June 1 (PTI) Congress today downplayed absence of Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee from the Union Cabinet meeting saying ministers should ... Mamata again skips Cabinet meet, loses temper at mediaPress Trust of India - Jun 1, 2010 New Delhi, Jun 1 (PTI) Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee skipped the Cabinet meeting again today, saying she had "some serious job" to do rather than ...  Mamata irresponsible in skipping cabinet meet, says CPI-MThaindian.com - Jun 1, 2010 New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tuesday said Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's skipping a cabinet meeting on ...  Mamata skips Cabinet meetingPress Trust of India - May 31, 2010 New Delhi, June 1 (PTI) Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee today skipped the meeting of the Union Cabinet which was convened to take a decision on ... Mamata skips Union cabinet meet, once againNew Delhi Chronicle.com (blog) - Jun 1, 2010 ... New Delhi: A day after Union Home Minister P Chidambaram debunked the "political conspiracy" theory floated by Mamata Banerjee to target CPI(M) in ... Mamata skips Cabinet meet over Jharkhand, calls it 'casual'India Today - Jun 1, 2010 Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday brushed aside criticism about her absence from a Cabinet meeting that okayed President's Rule in Jharkhand, ... UPA report card ceremony a sombre affairPress Trust of India - Jun 1, 2010 Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Congress colleagues must have heaved a sigh of relief when Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee made a rare appearance at ... |
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Left defeat 'a serious matter', admits CPI-MSify - 1 hour ago The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Thursday said the Left defeat in West Bengal's municipal elections was 'a serious matter' but added the result ... Is Mamata Banerjee set to become Bengal's next CM?IBNLive.com - 2 hours ago He graduated with a degree in Political Science from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata. In his 22-year-long career, he's worked with 'The Statesman', ... Mamata takes Kolkata. Bengal next?Livemint - - 3 hours ago Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TC) swept local body elections in Kolkata, drubbing the Left Front and putting her on course to end the 33-year-long ...
Shocked Bengal CPI-M looks for reasons for routSify - 3 hours ago West Bengal's ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) was in a state of paralysis Thursday, with the humiliating defeat in civic polls forcing Left ... Kolkata mayor: Trinamool keeps people guessingSify - 3 hours ago Kolkata: Speculation was rife on Thursday on who will be the new Kolkata mayor, with Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee saying a worker and not a ... Left Front allies blame corruption, policies for routSify - 3 hours ago Two Left Front allies Thursday blamed corruption and 'wrong polices' of the West Bengal government for the combine's rout in the civic polls. ... Left Front licks its wounds, turnaround toughIBNLive.com - 3 hours ago Kolkata: The results of the West Bengal municipal elections on Wednesday seem to be a green signal for the Trinamool Congress supporters after 34 years of ... Battlefield Bengal: Trinamool wins semifinalSify - 4 hours ago The crucial civic polls to 81 municipalities, including the prestigious Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC), seen as a semifinal to the 2011 assembly polls, ... CPI-M rejects Mamata's demand for early Bengal pollsHindustan Times - 5 hours ago The Communist Party of India-Marxist meets in Kolkata on Thursday to deliberate on the reasons for the ruling Left Front's dismal performance in the West ... Communists suffer India setbackBBC News - 6 hours ago The ruling Communists in the Indian state of West Bengal have suffered a major setback in the municipal polls. The opposition Trinamul Congress swept the ... | Timeline of articlesNumber of sources covering this story
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०१-०६-२०१० पं. बंगाल में हुए 2005 निकाय चुनाव और कोलकता वार्ड चुनाव में लेफ्ट का डंका बचा था। लेकिन इस बार निकाय चुनाव में ममता बनर्जी की पार्टी तृणमूल कांग्रेस और वामदल जीत के लिए अपना-अपना दावा ठोंक रहे हैं। दूसरी तरफ कोलकता में 141 वार्ड चुनाव में भी ये दोनों पार्टियां बहुमत का सपना देख रही हैं। लेकिन पिछले निकाय चुनाव परिणाम पर नजर डाले तो ममता अभी भी काफी कमजोर दिखती हैं...  पश्विम बंगाल निकाय चुनाव में 70 फीसदी मतदानखास खबर - ३०-०५-२०१० कोलकाता। पश्चिम बंगाल में अगले साल होने वाले विधानसभा चुनाव से पहले कोलकाता सहित 81 स्थानीय निकायों के लिए रविवार को हुए मतदान में 70 प्रतिशत से अधिक लोगों ने अपने मताधिकार का इस्तेमाल किया। छिटपुट हिंसा को छो़डकर बाकी मतदान शांतिपूर्ण तरीके से संपन्न हो गया। ज्ञात हो कि मतदान ऎसे समय में हुआ है, जब शुक्रवार को पश्चिम मिदनापुर जिले में हुए ज्ञानेश्वरी एक्सप्रेस हादसे में 145 लोगों की मौत हो चुकी है। कोलकाता में 65-70 ...  प. बंगाल निकाय चुनाव: वाममोर्चे की शिकस्त, तृणमूल ने जीती केएमसीखास खबर - ०२-०६-२०१० कोलकाता। पश्चिम बंगाल के स्थानीय निकाय के चुनावों में तृणमूल कांग्रेस ने प्रतिष्ठित कोलकाता नगर निगम (केएमसी) में जीत दर्ज करते हुए प्रदेश के ज्यादातर नगरीय निकायों में वाममोर्चे को करारी शिकस्त दी है। राज्य में तृणमूल कांग्रेस ने 26 जिला नगरीय निकायों में कब्जा जमा लिया है जबकि वाम दलों के खाते में इनके 17 निकायगए हैं। कांग्रेस को कुल सात निकायों में कामयाबी मिली है। प्रदेश के शहरी मतदाताओं ने वामपंथी मोर्चे को तग़ड ...  पश्चिम बंगाल: स्थानीय निकायों के चुनाव में हिंसाबीबीसी हिन्दी - 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०२-०६-२०१० कोलकाता। तृणमूल कांग्रेस की अध्यक्ष ममता बनर्जी ने बुधवार को पश्चिम बंगाल में फौरन विधानसभा चुनाव कराने की मांग करते हुए कहा कि स्थानीय निकायों के चुनावों में उनकी पार्टी से मिले करारे आघात के बाद वाममोर्चा सरकार चलाने का अधिकार खो बैठा है। दिल्ली से यहां पहुंचने पर ममता ने कहा, ""हम बंगाल की जनता को बधाई देते हैं। यह बंगाल की मां, माटी, मानुष की जीत है। राज्य सरकार सत्ता में रहने के सारे अधिकार खो बैठी है और पश्चिम बंगाल ...  पश्चिम बंगाल निकायों में चुनाव में हिंसा, दोपहर तक हुआ 40 प्रतिशत मतदानखास खबर - ३०-०५-२०१० कोलकाता। पश्चिम बंगाल के स्थानीय निकायों के लिए चल रहे मतदान के दौरान कई स्थानों पर हिंसा हुई है। बर्धमान जिले के जमुरिया में वामपंथी और तृणमूल कांग्रेस के समर्थकों में झडप हुई। इसमें पुलिस को हस्तक्षेप करना पडा। इस दौरान देसी बमों और तलवारों का इस्तेमाल हुआ। इस हिंसा में एक पुलिसकर्मी घायल हो गया और पुलिस का एक वाहन क्षतिगस्त हो गया। इसके अलावा कोलकाता के पार्क सर्कस और बेलाघाट और बरकपुर में भी हिंसा हुर्ह है। ... पश्चिम बंगाल में ममता की लहर में उखड़े वामपंथी (राउंडअप)That's Hindi - 21 घंटे पहले चुनाव परिणाम घोषित होने पर तृणमूल कांग्रेस के उत्साहित कार्यकर्ताओं ने रेल मंत्री और पार्टी सुप्रीमो ममता बनर्जी के कोलकाता पहुंचने पर उनका जोरदार स्वागत किया। बनर्जी ने यहां प्रदेश में तुरंत विधानसभा चुनाव कराए जाने की मांग करते हुए कहा कि वामपंथी पार्टी ने प्रदेश में शासन करने का अधिकार खो दिया है। वाममोर्चा ने हालांकि उनकी यह मांग मानने से इंकार कर दिया है। रविवार को हुए चुनाव से पहले तृणमूल कांग्रेस से चुनावी ...  पश्चिम बंगाल: कडी सुरक्षा के बीच निकाय चुनाव जारीखास खबर - २९-०५-२०१० कोलकाता। पश्चिम बंगाल में अगले साल प्रस्तावित विधानसभा चुनाव से पहले सत्ता का सेमीफाइनल समझे जा रहे स्थानीय निकाय चुनाव के लिए रविवार को कडी सुरक्षा के बीच वोटिंग जारी है। मतदान सुबह सात बने शुरू हुआ और दोपहर तीन बजे तक चलेगा। कोलकाता नगर निगम सहित राज्य के 81 निकायों के कुल 1792 वार्डो में मतदाता अपेन जनप्रतिनिधियों की चुनावी किस्मत का फैसला करेंगे। इनमें कोलकाता नगर निगम के 141 वार्ड शामिल है। स्थानीय निकायों के 85 लाख 33 ...  पश्चिम बंगाल में निकाय चुनाव के दौरान झड़पआज तक - २९-०५-२०१० पश्चिम बंगाल में हो रहे स्थानीय निकायों के मतदान के दौरान आसनसोल के पास जमुरिया में एक बूथ पर जमकर हिंसा हुई. ये बवाल तब शुरू हुआ जब टीएमसी और सीपीएम के कार्यकर्ता अपनी-अपनी पार्टी के झंडे लेकर बूथ पर पहुंचे. पुलिस के मुताबिक दोनों पार्टी के कार्यकर्ताओं के बीच बूथ पर बैठने को लेकर झड़प हुई और जब पुलिस ने उन्हें खदेड़ने की कोशिश की तो उन्होंने पुलिस पर पथराव कर दिया. कार्यकर्ताओं ने मतदान केंद्र पर खड़ी पुलिस वैन को भी ...  पश्चिम बंगाल चुनाव : तृणमूल को बढ़तखास खबर - ०१-०६-२०१० कोलकाता। पश्चिम बंगाल में स्थानीय निकायों के लिए बुधवार सुबह आरंभ हुई मतगणना में कोलकाता नगर निगम में तृणमूल कांग्रेस बढ़त बनाए हुए है। कोलकाता नगर निगम की 88 सीटों के अब तक ताजा रूझानों के मुताबिक तृणमूल कांग्रेस ने 53 सीटों पर आगे चल रही है। दूसरी ओर वाम मोर्चा 31 सीटों पर बढ़त बनाए हुए है। कांग्रेस तीन और भारतीय जतना पार्टी (भाजपा) एक स्थान पर आगे है। राज्य के 80 निकायों में हो रही मतगणना में वाम मोर्चे ने हुगली जिले के ... प. बंगाल मंे जल्द चुनाव से माकपा का इंकारThat's Hindi - 21 घंटे पहले माकपा नेता नीलोत्पल बसु ने आईएनएस को बताया, "राज्य के स्थानीय निकाय चुनाव में केवल 16 प्रतिशत मतदाताओं ने भाग लिया। इस चुनाव के नतीजे को देखते हुए ऐसी मांग करना संकीर्ण मानसिकता का परिचायक है। पहले संपूर्ण संवैधानिक प्रक्रिया को समझा जाए।" तृणमूल कांग्रेस कोलकाता नगर निगम के प्रतिष्ठापूर्ण चुनाव में अपनी भारी जीत से अति उत्साहित है। वह अब राज्य में सत्ताधारी वाममोर्चा का शासन अधिक दिनों तक चलने देने के पक्ष में नहीं है ... पश्चिम बंगाल में निकाय के चुनाव में हिंसाप्रभात खबर - ३०-०५-२०१० कोलकाता : पश्चिम बंगाल के स्थानीय निकायों के हो रहे मतदान के दौरान रविवार को कई स्थानों पर हिंसा हई है. हिंसा के बावजूद लोगों की लंबी कतारें लगीं हई हैं. पुलिस के मुताबिक वर्धवान जिले के जमुरिया में वामपंथी और तृणमूल कांग्रेस के समर्थकों में हई झड़प के दौरान देसी बमों का इस्तेमाल हआ. इस िहसा में एक पुलिसकर्मी घायल हो गया और पुलिस का एक वाहन क्षतिग्रस्त हो गया. इसके अलावा कोलकाता के पार्क सर्कस और बेलाघाट और बरकपुर में भी ...  प्रणब ने ममता को बेहतर प्रदर्शन पर बधाई दीखास खबर - ०२-०६-२०१० नई दिल्ली। पश्चिम बंगाल के नगर निगम चुनावों में तृणमूल कांग्रेस के अच्छे प्रदर्शन के लिए वरिष्ठ कांग्रेसी नेता व केंद्रीय वित्त मंत्री प्रणब मुखर्जी ने पार्टी की अध्यक्ष व रेल मंत्री ममता बनर्जी को बुधवार को बधाई दी। प्रणब पश्चिम बंगाल कांग्रेस के अध्यक्ष भी हैं। उन्होंने कोलकाता नगर निगम (केएमसी) सहित 81 नगरीय निकायों में हुए चुनावों में अपनी पार्टी की हार स्वीकार कर ली है। अगले साल राज्य में विधानसभा चुनाव होने हैं। ... प. बंगाल में 70 प्रतिशत मतदान हुआPressnote.in - ३०-०५-२०१० कोलकाता/खड़गपुर | कोलकाता नगर निगम समेत राज्य की 81 पालिकाओं के लिए रविवार को हुए चुनाव में मतदाताओं ने अपना फैसला दे दिया और जनादेश ईवीएम में बंद हो गया। महानगर में करीब 65 प्रतिशत तथा पालिकाओं में करीब 70 प्रतिशत मतदान हुआ। इन चुनावों में राजनीतिक पार्टियों ने जैसी आशंका व्यक्त की थी वह निर्मूल साबित हुई और कुछेक स्थानों पर बमबाजी, फायरिंग की छिटपुट घटनाओं को छोड़कर मतदान प्राय: शांतिपूर्ण ढंग से संपन्न हो गया। ... विजयी ममताहिन्दुस्तान दैनिक - 19 घंटे पहले केंद्रीय मंत्रिमंडल की जिम्मेदारियां न निभाने और माओवादियों के प्रति नरम रुख रखने के कारण ममता बनर्जी की चाहे जितनी आलोचना हो लेकिन पश्चिम बंगाल के पालिका चुनावों में उन्होंने अपनी लोकप्रियता साबित कर दी है। इस चुनाव को आगामी विधानसभा चुनावों का सेमीफाइनल बताया जा रहा था और इसे जीत कर ममता बनर्जी ने बता दिया है कि पश्चिम बंगाल के स्थायी चैंपियन वाममोर्चा को इस बार फाइनल में अपनी ट्राफी बचानी मुश्किल होगी। ...  पश्चिम बंगाल: निकाय चुनाव के लिए वोटिंग जारीमेरी खबर.कोम - २९-०५-२०१० कोलकाता: रविवार को कड़ी सुरक्षा के बीच पश्चिम बंगाल में स्थानीय निकाय की वोटिंग शुरू हो गई है। कोलकाता नगर निगम सहित कुल 81 निकायों के लिए आज मतदान हो रहा है। आसनसोल के श्रीपुर वार्ड में सीपीएम और टीएमसी कार्यकर्ताओं के बीच बूथ कैप्चरिंग को लेकर मारामारी हो गई। दोनों पार्टियों के कार्यकर्ताओं ने बूथ पर कब्जा करने की कोशिश की। जिसकी वजह से उनमें आपस में तगड़ी झड़प हुई। सुबी सात बजे से मतदान प्रकिया शुरू हुई है जो दोपहर के ... छिटपुट हिंसा के बीच पश्चिम बंगाल में 75 प्रतिशत मतदानPatrika.com - ३०-०५-२०१० कोलकाता। तृणमूल कांग्रेस और सीपीआई (एम) पश्चिम बंगाल में एक बार फिर स्थानीय चुनावों में आमने-सामने हुए। रविवार को हुए निकायों के चुनाव में छिटपुट हिंसा के बीच लगभग 75 प्रतिशत मतदान दर्ज किया गया। वोटो की गिनती 2 जून को होगी। राज्य चुनाव आयोग की प्रमुख मीरा पांडे ने बताया कि कोलकाता के दो मतदान केन्द्रों में पुर्नमतदान के आदेश दिए जाने की संभावना है। इस चुनाव को आगामी 2011 के विधानसभा चुनावों के पहले सेमीफाइनल के रूप में ...  कोलकाता निकाय में ढह रहा है 'लाल किला'मेरी खबर.कोम - 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