On 20 May 2011 Mamata Banerjee was sworn in as the first female chief minister of West Bengal bringing an end to thirty-three years of CPI(M) rule. 'Poriborton!' screamed the morning papers echoing Trinamool Congress's catchphrase for bringing in change. A decade later amidst allegations against the TMC of political violence syndicate rule and institutional corruption the Bharatiya Janata Party has sent out a new war cry. Ahead of what promises to be a historic state Legislative Assembly election Deep Halder met and spoke to Bengal's biggest stars-turned-politicians refugees who want to become permanent citizens and travelled as far as the Bangladesh border to gauge the mood of the people. Bengal 2021 looks at an electrifying election unfolding in the times of Covid-19.
9789354224171On 20 May 2011 Mamata Banerjee was sworn in as the first female chief minister of West Bengal bringing an end to thirty-three years of CPI(M) rule. 'Poriborton!' screamed the morning papers echoing Trinamool Congress's catchphrase for bringing in change. A decade later amidst allegations against the TMC of political violence syndicate rule and institutional corruption the Bharatiya Janata Party has sent out a new war cry. Ahead of what promises to be a historic state Legislative Assembly election Deep Halder met and spoke to Bengal's biggest stars-turned-politicians refugees who want to become permanent citizens and travelled as far as the Bangladesh border to gauge the mood of the people. Bengal 2021 looks at an electrifying election unfolding in the times of Covid-19.
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