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Congress announces a list of 30-star campaigners for Bengal elections, includes stoic Manmohan Singh, comical Rahul Gandhi, and scam-tainted Azharduddin: Details

OpIndia Staff - 12 March, 2021

Congress has released 30-star campaigners list for West Bengal assembly polls, which does not include anyone from G-23 leaders

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Theatre artist loses job after joining BJP, vocal Communist supporter behind the removal: Here is all you need to know

Dibakar Dutta - 12 March, 2021

Although the 'cancel culture' in India is still in its nascent stage, leftists are pouncing on every possible opportunity to mainstream the financial and societal boycott of individuals on the basis of their political leanings.

Politics

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee’s kin summoned by CBI in connection with coal smuggling case: Details

OpIndia Staff - 12 March, 2021

The previous month, Rujira Banerjee, the wife of Abhishek Banerjee, was summoned by the CBI in connection with the coal theft case.

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“Undignified to even respond to allegations”: Election Commission issues stern response to TMC’s letter on ‘attack’ on Mamata Banerjee

OpIndia Staff - 11 March, 2021

Election Commission said that the memorandum submitted to it by TMC leaders is full of insinuations and averments

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How Congress supporter lied, used wrong RTI response to allege Amit Shah was lying about bomb factories in Bengal

OpIndia Staff - 11 March, 2021

Saket Gokhale used MHA reply to his RTI query on Khalistanis in farmer protests as the reply to query on bomb factories in West Bengal

Opinions

‘Let’s see what the voters will think’: Here is why TMC sees an opportunity where others see a meme

Nupur J Sharma - 11 March, 2021

On the 10th of March, Mamata Banerjee alleged that she had been attacked. The CM alleged four-five people deliberately pushed her, after which she fell down and suffered an injury on her leg.

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From ‘attacked by 5 people’ to ‘it was an accident’: How Mamata Banerjee did a U-turn and police report confirmed eyewitness account

OpIndia Staff - 11 March, 2021

Mamata Banerjee said that when she was sitting on the bonnet of her car, suddenly the car crushed her legs, injuring her

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TMC’s Madan Mitra blames RSS for ‘attack’ on Mamata, compares it to Godhra carnage

OpIndia Staff - 11 March, 2021

While Mitra did not explicitly compare the incident with Mamata Banerjee to the Godhra carnage, that he believes that the incident would 'lead to Godhra like riots' could mean only one thing.

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