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BJP means detention, TMC means welfare: Abhishek sharpens attack

Setting the tone for an increasingly polarised electoral battle in West Bengal, Trinamul Congress national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Monday accused the BJP of pursuing a politics of “detention and deprivation”, positioning the Trinamul Congress (TMC) as a guarantor of “security and welfare” ahead of the Assembly polls.

Amit Shah addressing BJP rally from lotus podium in Birbhum, West Bengal

Voted to power, state to hand over land to BSF for border fencing: Shah

Union home minister Amit Shah on Monday said that within 45 days of a BJP government coming to power in West Bengal, land would be handed over to the Centre to facilitate fencing and construction of barriers along the porous Indo-Bangladesh border to curb infiltration.

Dr B.R. Ambedkar, Bihar, Political Slugfest, Legacy, Assembly Polls

When Reading Becomes a Sunrise

“Revolutions can and often have begun with reading.”~Arundhati Roy To begin with reading is to begin with refusal.