-The Indian Express West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has not adapted well from a life in opposition to being the head of her state’s government. Yet even by her standards, and those of the hollowed-out administrative machinery of the state now in her care, her recent actions have been shocking. On Monday, a religious procession passed through a section of south Kolkata dotted by hospitals, including one for cancer patients...
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RSS-Anna links go back a long way, says RSS chief Mohanrao Bhagwat by Jayanta Gupta
Laying speculation to rest, RSS Sar-Sanghchalak Mohanrao Bhagwat said that his organization and Anna Hazare go back a long way. If Bhagwat is to be believed, it was the RSS that urged Anna to go in for a movement against corruption but the organization never took active part in it. "If the RSS is asked by Anna to join the movement, we shall do so. But, no such request has...
More »Wave pullout card, enjoy local tax
-The Telegraph Mamata Banerjee today sprayed a cocktail of petrol price and other grievances on the Centre, warning that the Trinamul Congress could pull out of the UPA government if it “did not think about the masses” and listen to her party. Oil firms said they had little option but to roll back the price increase if the Centre issued such a directive. However, till late this evening, the Prime Minister appeared...
More »Trinamool Congress plans huge rally in Maoist den
-The Economic Times The youth wing of the Trinamool Congress will hold a huge rally in the Maoist stronghold of Belpahari in West Midnapore district on November 1. This will be the first meeting of a political party in Belpahari. "I am expecting a gathering of about one lakh in our rally in the so-called Maoist heartland," Youth Trinamool Congress General Secretary Suvendu Adhikari told ET on Tuesday. He alleged that...
More »Good Maoist vs bad Maoist
-The Telegraph Mamata Banerjee today talked of “good” and “bad” Maoists, the differentiation said to be part of a strategy to drive a wedge in the rebel camp. “Not all Maoists are bad. Some are doing good work. One section, however, does not believe in democracy. They indulge in violence and bloodbath,” she told journalists on the sidelines of the National Development Council meeting at Vigyan Bhavan. Mamata’s differentiation came on the day...
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