‘शांतीनिकेतन’मध्ये भाजपचे गुंडगिरीला आव्हान
महेश सरलष्कर गुरुवर्य रवींद्रनाथ टागोरांची कर्मभूमी असलेल्या ‘शांतीनिकेतन’मध्ये म्हणजे बिरभूम जिल्ह्यातील बोलपूर विधानसभा मतदारसंघात भाजपने तृणमूल काँग्रेसच्या गुंडगिरीला आव्हान दिले आहे. पण इथून ३५ किलोमीटर अंतरावर असलेल्या पश्चिम वर्धमान जिल्ह्यातील दुर्गापूरमध्ये मात्र स्वच्छ प्रतिमेचा आग्रह भाजपने धरलेला दिसला नाही. बोलपूरमध्ये तृणमूल काँग्रेसच्या अधिकृत उमेदवाराला महत्त्व नसते. या शहराचा तृणमूल काँग्रेसचा …
Ground Report: In Tagore town Bolpur, devta versus daanav play has voters hooked
For BJP workers in Bengal’s Bolpur, party candidate Dr Anirban Ganguly is the devta who will restore the constituency’s old glory. The daanav, for BJP supporters, is Trinamool Congress’ Anubrata Mondal. Iask Dr Anirban Ganguly how it feels to play god. He laughs a hearty laugh and says it is …
NL Interview: BJP’s Anirban Ganguly on Bengali Hindutva, Trinamool turncoats, and Modi’s beard
He’s director of the Hindu nationalist think tank Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation and the BJP’s candidate in Bolpur. Anirban Ganguly is director of the Hindu nationalist think tank Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation. He is also contesting the Bengal assembly election for the BJP in Bolpur, where …
In Birbhum, TMC’s Muscle Power Has Become a Weakness as Voters Look for Change
Voters believe Mamata Banerjee has done right by them, but ‘corrupt’ local TMC leaders have cornered all the benefits. Bolpur (West Bengal): In the middle of a heated debate on the Left Front’s prospects and political posturing in the ongoing West Bengal assembly polls, Ribhu Halder (name changed) moved to …
Ground Report: In Tagore town Bolpur, devta versus daanav play has voters hooked
I ask Dr Anirban Ganguly how it feels to play god. He laughs a hearty laugh and says it is people who make gods of men. “I am here to serve the people. Whatever they make me, I shall be,” BJP’s Bolpur candidate tells me. It is a dusty April …