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QUITE like Assam’s Barak Valley where its Bengali-speaking Hindus who have migrated from Bangladesh are not rushing to register under the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, in the Matua community in West Bengal, the initial euphoria over the implementation of the legislation has given way to apprehension.
BEHIND the recent outburst by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee against officials and police personnel over the state of civic amenities appears to be data emerging from Lok Sabha election results showing the Trinamool Congress (TMC) trailing in urban wards of most districts as well as Assembly segments of many state ministers.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has expressed her resentment to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not including her state in the Centre’s talks with the Bangladeshi government over sharing of waters of the Teesta river.
The Congress’s West Bengal unit seems to be in a dilemma. With the All India Congress Committee (AICC) leadership cosying up to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in a bid to unite the Opposition against the BJP in Parliament and outside, state Congress leaders have been left with little elbow room after having allied with the CPI(M)-led Left Front for several years. The CPI(M), in particular, has maintained its staunch opposition to the TMC.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is all set to inaugurate a Jagannath temple in the coastal town of Digha in Purba Medinipur district in the first week of July. Sources in the state administration said she could inaugurate the temple on the first day of the Ratha Yatra festival, which begins on July 7.
Despite putting up an impressive performance in the recent Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal, the northern parts of the state remained out of bounds for the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC).
Amid their euphoria over the Trinamool Congress (TMC)’s resounding victory in the recent Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal, there also seem to be concerns among the party leaders. This is mainly being attributed in the TMC circles to the point that in the Lok Sabha polls — in which the TMC bagged 29 seats out of 42 as against the BJP’s 12 — the party candidates trailed in the Assembly constituencies of several state ministers. The polls also saw the Opposition parties ahead in many wards of urban local bodies across the state.
From managing the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal to holding talks with other regional parties, Trinamool Congress (TMC) second-in-command Abhishek Banerjee’s image as the party’s national face has received a major boost following the party’s comfortable win in the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal. It has also helped him cement his position as the party’s biggest leader after his aunt and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, with some in the party even suggesting that he is at par with Mamata now when it comes to running the party.
Polling in West Bengal, stretched out over seven phases, ended on a violent note on Sunday, underlining the high stakes involved for the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the challenger BJP in the state.