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The writer is a senior journalist in Kolkata.

If the BJP had studied the traditions of the celebration of Netaji Jayanti in West Bengal over the decades, it would have discovered the facts and stopped itself from inventing a fiction. (Photo:PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Battle for Bengal: BJP to face hidden pitfalls

Steering between the simplistic and the messy complexities of identity politics in West Bengal, the BJP is travelling...

26 Jan 2021 12:05 AM IST

Union Home Minister Amit Shah (R) with Subhendu Adhikary (2L), former TMC leader who joined BJP, during an election rally ahead of West Bengal Assembly polls 2021, in West Midnapore district, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. (PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | Bhoomi putra for Bengal: Has BJP made a mistake?

Every chief minister of West Bengal has been a national leader first and a local leader as well and most were at...

23 Dec 2020 6:52 AM IST

BJP National President JP Nadda is greeted by his party supporters on his arrival in Kolkata on Wednesday, December 9, 2020. BJP MP Locket Chatterjee is also seen. (PTI /Ashok Bhaumik)

Shikha Mukerjee | BJP in Bengal: Bruised, battered still upbeat?

The BJP in West Bengal needs to create a playbook that is in sync with the political culture of the state

15 Dec 2020 7:32 AM IST

Farmers prepare food for their fellows during their protest against the Centres new farm laws, at Singhu border in New Delhi on Friday, December 4 (PTI /Arun Sharma)

Shikha Mukerjee | Pivot or perish: India's heartland sends signal

To defy the demands by farmers is as politically risky for the BJP as it would be reckless for the Modi government

5 Dec 2020 8:13 AM IST

Gorkha Janamukti Morcha chief Bimal Gurung addresses a press conference in Kolkata on 21 October 2020. (PTI)

Shikha Mukerjee | TMC realpolitik, BJP & future of Gorkhaland'

This time the spark was lit by the October 7 invitation to talks to discuss issues related to Gorkhaland by the Union...

2 Nov 2020 10:55 AM IST

Delivering bare subsistence relief will be difficult enough, with supply chains disrupted and production halted. PTI Photo

Shikha Mukerjee: Amphan's aftermath set to test Mamata & Modi

India is yet to declare devastation caused by Amphan a national disaster; its dithering is a signal of the political...

26 May 2020 4:56 PM IST

Rebel Congress MLAs from Madhya Pradesh address a press conference at a resort in Bengaluru on March 17, 2020. (PTI)

Political trade grows: RS is the new market

Politicians have made enterprises of themselves and their constituents

18 March 2020 12:03 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee (Photo: PTI)

Bengal war: Just political smarts won't be enough

As much as other issues, parliamentary democracy in a multi-party federal State will also be on trial.

4 March 2020 3:00 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee (PTI file image)

A chance for Mamata to grab secular space?

West Bengal will be the most closely watched state in this contest.

25 Feb 2020 2:48 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: AP)

BJP failed to gauge the anger of women, youth

The subtext of the amendment is that the Muslim is not rooted; she is not a legitimate daughter of Bharat Mata .

13 Feb 2020 5:40 AM IST

Mamata Banerjee (Photo: PTI)

Pluralist vs polarised grassroots democracy

Citizenship as a basic identity has had the effect of bringing the politics down to earth.

21 Jan 2020 4:37 AM IST

The Congress Party on Saturday postponed its rally, on the economic slowdown scheduled for December 1, citing the increased security measures in view of the Ayodhya verdict. (Representational Image | PTI)

Decision time for Cong: Can it lead from front?

This is not a political impasse that can be negotiated through complicated calculations of advantage and profit.

8 Jan 2020 2:16 AM IST