Jyoti Basu

Grip on citadel threatened, Mamata Banerjee now has only Bengali pride and Muslims in arsenal to fight BJP

In Mamata Banerjee’s metropolitan citadel, the ‘Muslim factor’ was not at work, except, to a small extent, at Jadavpur, which has 33.24 percent Muslim population, clustered in one of the seven Assembly segments.

HD Deve Gowda rejects BJP’s dismissal of ‘grand alliance government’; former PM says 1996 coalition is proof of success

Former prime minister HD Deve Gowda on Thursday rejected claims of BJP leaders that a "grand alliance government" will create chaos, and said the multi-party dispensation led by him had proved it can work.

Tripura polls: Change in mid-level leadership key to Left's revival, finding their own 'Ram Temple' issue

The Left, in its leadership structure, needs to reflect the subaltern groups whom they claim to represent. They may not conform to the idea of the typical middle-class decent folks, but only they can provide impetus equivalent to BJP's 'Ram Temple'

With cracks in CPM coming to fore, leadership trying to walk middle path to avoid split

With cracks appearing in the CPM over the issue of going for an adjustment with the Congress, the leadership is trying to walk a middle path to avoid a likely split

Sitaram Yechury sidelined at CPM central committee meet: How Prakash Karat is pushing party towards oblivion

It seems Karat and his friends who support his blind visceral opposition to the Congress are hellbent on driving the CPM into oblivion

From Amit Shah to Mamata Banerjee, uncivilised remarks and arrogance of power define Indian politicians

BJP chief Amit Shah recently defended the callousness of the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh after scores of children died in a hospital in Gorakhpur, saying, this was not the first time it had happened in India

Fidel Castro: Left parties in West Bengal take out a rally in Kolkata as a mark of respect

Mishra said, "Fidel Castro will continue to inspire all struggles for social transformation through revolution. We salute the relentless fighter."

West Bengal Assembly polls: Leadership crisis across the state, within all parties

Never before in the political history of West Bengal has there been such an acute leadership crisis cutting across political spectrums as is now being witnessed in the midst of the assembly elections.

Arjun Singh never forgave me to for decision on Jyoti Basu: Yechury

CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury has said Arjun Singh never forgave him for the left party's decision of not allowing Jyoti Basu to become the Prime Minister during the United Front days.

We, the bourgeois voters: A change from dirty politics is welcome, but only when it requires low-energy engagement

We, the hedonistic bourgeois voter would like things to change but only if it can be done through fun, low-energy engagement. No surprises then that politics continues to remain the “dirty business” it is.