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West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021

Newly elected MLAs of various political parties during their oath ceremony inside the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, in Kolkata.

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West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar interacts with TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee during the swearing-in ceremony of West Bengal chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, at the Raj Bhavan in Kol...

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BJP National President J P Nadda accompanied by party leaders meets post-poll violence victims at Sitala Tala Lane, Beliaghata Assembly, Kolkata.

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Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee addresses party MLAs in Kolkata.

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Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee (L) meets West Bengal governor Jagdeep Dhankhar at Raj Bhavan, in Kolkata.

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West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee addresses media, at her Kalighat residence in Kolkata.

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TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee along with her niece Abhishek Banerjee's daughter addressing media after her party's victory during the West Bengal Assembly Election at her residence, ...

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TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee vists Kalighat Temple after trends show her party's win in the State Assembly Election 2021, in Kolkata.

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Trinamool Congress activists celebrate their party's winning trend during counting day of West Bengal Assembly Election 2021, in South Dinajpur district.

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TMC candidate Aroop Biswas flashes victory sign after his win against BJP leader Babul Supriyo from Tollygunge constituency, in Kolkata.

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TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during interaction with media after trends show her party's win in the State Assembly Election 2021, in Kolkata.

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TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee flashes the victory sign with her nephew Abhisekh Banerjee's daughter Azania (R), during interaction with media after tre...

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Trinamool Congress activists celebrate their party's winning trend during counting day of West Bengal Assembly Election 2021, in South Dinajpur district.

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BJP candidate from Santipur seat Jagannath Sarkar flashes victory sign during the counting day of the West Bengal Assembly Election 2021, in Howrah district.

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TMC supporters celebrate winning trend in the West Bengal state assembly elections at Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal.

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Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Nihar Ranjan Ghosh(M) shows victory sign with his supporters after winning at Chanchol constituency in Malda District of West Bengal.

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TMC activists celebrate winning trend in the West Bengal state assembly elections, in Kolkata.

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TMC activists celebrate winning trend in the West Bengal state assembly elections, in Kolkata.

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TMC activists celebrate winning trend in the West Bengal state assembly elections, in Kolkata.

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TMC activists celebrate their party's winning trend in the West Bengal state assembly elections, in Kolkata.

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How Shere Khan Bit The Dust

The BJP needed credible local anchors and party structure to transmit the charisma of Modi. They failed in that.

May 07, 2021

| Sajjan Kumar
What’s Behind BJP’s #BengalBurning Campaign: Attempt To Divert Attention?

Central leadership of the BJP and RSS made hashtags like #BengalBurning and #ArrestMamata trend on Twitter.

May 07, 2021

| Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Why Mamata Banerjee Should Now Strive To Make Bengal A Unicorn Hub

Chasing large greenfield investments in manufacturing is unlikely to yield significant gains during these Corona times.

May 07, 2021

| Sumali Moitra
Here’s A List Of Chief Ministers Who Have Been Elected For Three Terms

Here’s a list of some of the longest-serving chief ministers of India, including some who have been re-elected more than thrice.

May 06, 2021

| Outlook Web Bureau
Mamata Alleges Central Ministers Incited Post-Poll Violence In West Bengal; Announces Compensation For Victims’ Families

'Not even 24 hours have passed since I was sworn-in as the CM, and letters, a central team have started arriving', Mamata Banerjee said.

May 06, 2021

| Outlook Web Bureau
West Bengal Post-Poll Violence: MHA Forms Four-Member Team To Probe

At least six people were killed in post-poll violence in different parts of the state till Tuesday.

May 06, 2021

| Outlook Web Bureau
Post-Poll Clashes: BJP Chief JP Nadda Vows To Save People Of Bengal From Violence

So far, 12 persons have died during post-poll violence in West Bengal, including six supporters of the BJP and five of the TMC.

May 05, 2021

| Outlook Web Bureau
Mamata Banerjee Takes Oath As West Bengal CM For Third Consecutive Term

Mamata Banerjee was administered the oath in Bengali by Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar at the Raj Bhavan, earlier today.

May 05, 2021

| Outlook Web Bureau
Here’s How BJP Bengal Unit President Dilip Ghosh Created Grounds For Post-Poll Violence

So far, 12 persons have died during post-poll violence in West Bengal, including six supporters of the BJP and five of the TMC.

May 05, 2021

| Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Mamata Banerjee Holds Meeting On Post-Poll Violence In West Bengal

Since Sunday, when the results of the assembly election were declared, West Bengal has witnessed a number of incidents of violence

May 04, 2021

| Outlook Web Bureau

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All These Small, Left-Leaning Flowers

Anger against the TMC helped the BJP in 2019. Widespread fear of its agenda torpedoed its chances now.

May 06, 2021

| Sambit Pal
Game Over, Or Halftime?

A spectacular victory is won over a redoubtable foe. Mamata now faces a full-blown tussle with the BJP, her only adversary in Bengal.

May 06, 2021

| Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Broken Arrow

Turning the assembly polls, especially in Bengal, into a sort of ultimate test of its political might has exposed glitches in the BJP’s election-winning formula

May 06, 2021

| Bhavna Vij-Aurora
Positive Result, Negative Time

How does the Outlook cover get decided? Through tough debate, deeply felt opinions, a sense of the public mood. The dilemma this time: should we foreground election results, amidst a pandemic? Here's why I voted yes.

May 06, 2021

| Ruben Banerjee
'Despite Some Anti-Incumbency, We Are Overwhelmingly Popular'

Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP and national spokesperson Sukhendu Sekhar Roy speaks to Snigdhendu Bhattacharya on the West Bengal assembly elections 2021.

Apr 29, 2021

| Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Rivals On A Job Sheet

Pandemic deniers are subdued as the crisis spirals, while the TMC-BJP wrangling is centred on the lack, or profusion, of job opportunities in Bengal

Apr 29, 2021

| Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
'Our Top Priorities Are Industrialisation, CAA, Rule Of Law'

Swapan Dasgupta, a key member of the BJP’s Bengal think-tank since 2016-17, talks about his party’s prospects and plans for West Bengal. An exclusive interview

Apr 22, 2021

| Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Stopwatches For These Last Laps

With three more phases to go, complex equations of gains and losses draw Bengal elections towards a photo finish

Apr 22, 2021

| Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Tragedy, Accusation And Dharna

Firing, corpses, a ban by the EC and a tweet storm…never a dull moment in the ongoing West Bengal elections. Analysts think this volatile turn will help the TMC.

Apr 15, 2021

| Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
Pens Against The Tide

Bengal’s intellectuals, hitherto agents of political transformation, are viscerally opposed to the BJP’s call for change

Apr 08, 2021

| Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
A Battle For The Hindu Mind

Never before has Bengal politics hinged so much on appeasing Hindu sentiment

Apr 02, 2021

| Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
A Pandemic And A Plague

Two spectres: a worrying second surge amidst a successful vaccination drive, and another virus against which Indian society seems to have no antibodies: the politics of religion.

Apr 01, 2021

| Ruben Banerjee

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