Surjya Kanta Mishra

Will Singur verdict be the death blow for Left Front in Bengal?

The Singur legal verdict announced by the Supreme Court on Wednesday is still little more than a reinforcement of the political verdict that was delivered in 2011

The sorry saga of a factionalised CPM and an insecure Congress

The chaotic scenes that dominated the CPM's three-day Central Committee meeting in New Delhi, however, saw neither democracy nor centralism, rather a Bollywood style fight sequence between the Sitaram Yechury and Prakash Karat camps

Slander campaigns cannot stop development work, says Mamata Banerjee

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said slander campaigns and criticisms cannot stop development work in the state, apparently hinting at her criticism by opposition parties during the Assembly polls.

CPM politburo meeting: Karat cracks whip but Bengal unit may defy diktat on alliance with Congress

For far too long, the CPM's top crust has crushed all grassroot concerns with iron hand in the name of 'democratic centralism'. There have been clarion calls for 'inner-party democracy' in plenums after plenums. Party leaders who are still in touch with ground reality have accused the theorizing apparatchiks in Delhi of running a 'rule of fear' and have issued repeated warnings that party structure will crumble if the leadership doesn't listen to feedback from the grassroots.

Congress, Left Front stage rip-roaring pantomime after poll disaster in West Bengal

A day after the defeat, Congress claimed the High Command had nothing to do with the alliance. All it did was to reluctantly accept the 'jote' formed by the party's local leadership. It takes superb command over the genre of slapstick comedy to pull off such a trick

West Bengal assembly polls: Phase-4 records 42% votes till 11 am, over 100 people arrested

Over 42 per cent voters exercised their franchise in the first four hours of polling for the fourth phase of West Bengal Assembly elections on Monday.

West Bengal elections: EC outsmarted as strategy of violence takes a curious turn

The death toll since the announcement of election in West Bengal since 4 March stands at 12. EC provides security during the polling but what happens after the last ballot is cast?

New fizz in old wine: How Narada sting and TMC's high-handedness have revived the West Bengal elections again

Even though opinion polls are still predicting a victory for the TMC in West Bengal, there is a sense of urgency in the air, of expectation and possibility

Once holding complete sway over Bengal politics, CPM's future now rests on frail shoulders

Trouble is, the CPM hasn’t been able to reinvent itself since the collapse of the fall of the Soviet Union that coincided with India’s moves to liberalise and globalise.

Cong walks out of Bengal assembly over Tapas Pal's rape remark

The Congress on Tuesday walked out of the West Bengal assembly demanding action against Trinamool MP Tapas Pal over his rape remark.