Delhi elections: Mamata Banerjee “very happy” on AAP’s win & BJP loss
AAP is leading in 56 seats at 1pm.
Politics
CPM-Congress alliance in Bengal likely in 80:64 seat formula for Kolkata civic polls
Leaders of both parties feel an alliance is necessary to fight the Trinamool Congress and the BJP.
Delhi votes today
Assembly elections are being held in 70 seats.
Didi & Modi are not the same: Mamata Banerjee tells CPIM & Congress on CAA issue
She urged the opposition CPIM and Congress to join her to protest CAA.
The Economist says PM Modi’s “latest initiatives threaten to do damage to India’s democracy & are likely to lead to bloodshed”
By perpetually firing up Hindus and infuriating Muslims, the BJP makes fresh bloodshed more likely, the article mentions.
West Bengal to pass anti-CAA resolution on Jan 27; third state after Kerala & Punjab to do so
Significantly, Union Home Minister Amit Shah has said there will be no backtracking on CAA.
Dilip Ghosh elected Bengal BJP president for second term
Dilip Ghosh has been at the centre of many controversies.
No Mamata, Mayawati, Kejriwal: Opposition meeting called by Congress on CAA today
Banerjee had said last week that she was boycotting the meeting.
Mamata Banerjee says she called on PM as “constitutional courtesy”, requested him to rethink CAA-NRC-NPR
PM Modi is on a two-days’ visit to Kolkata.
Furious at Left & Congress, Mamata Banerjee boycotts opposition meeting in Delhi on Jan 13
She alleged that the Left and Congress in Bengal were indulging in "dirty politics".