"Even Jim Crow’s regime of vote suppression in the Southern states was always piecemeal, as a result of America’s decentralized federalist system." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-voter-ro...
The Voter Roll Purge That Helped End Trinamool Rule
Are elections more safely run by one accountable body, or by 10,000 uncoordinated ones?
www.liberalcurrents.com
September 25, 2026 at 4:15 PM
"Even Jim Crow’s regime of vote suppression in the Southern states was always piecemeal, as a result of America’s decentralized federalist system." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-voter-ro...
A oposição acusa o governo do BJP de manipular o processo eleitoral para ganhar vantagem contra o partido Trinamool Congress, que governa o estado há 15 anos.
Enquanto tribunais analisam recursos, muitos cidadãos não conseguirão votar a tempo.
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Enquanto tribunais analisam recursos, muitos cidadãos não conseguirão votar a tempo.
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April 22, 2026 at 6:06 PM
A oposição acusa o governo do BJP de manipular o processo eleitoral para ganhar vantagem contra o partido Trinamool Congress, que governa o estado há 15 anos.
Enquanto tribunais analisam recursos, muitos cidadãos não conseguirão votar a tempo.
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📰🇬🇧 The Guardian
Enquanto tribunais analisam recursos, muitos cidadãos não conseguirão votar a tempo.
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Bengal-style poll heat and dust visit VIP seat's posh paras in do-or-die Trinamool-BJP battle
Bengal-style poll heat and dust visit VIP seat's posh paras in do-or-die Trinamool-BJP battle
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Bengal-style poll heat and dust visit VIP seat's posh paras in do-or-die Trinamool-BJP battle
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April 30, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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Bengal-style poll heat and dust visit VIP seat's posh paras in do-or-die Trinamool-BJP battle
Bengal-style poll heat and dust visit VIP seat's posh paras in do-or-die Trinamool-BJP battle
We analysed posts from all main political parties in the two states and also identified 41 posts by the INC in Assam and 15 by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal that appeared to use AI-generated imagery. However, none of these carried hate.
March 31, 2026 at 1:08 PM
We analysed posts from all main political parties in the two states and also identified 41 posts by the INC in Assam and 15 by the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal that appeared to use AI-generated imagery. However, none of these carried hate.
Eggs, stones thrown at Mamata Banerjee Trinamool MLA Kunal Ghosh's car in Bengal. Read here
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September 26, 2026 at 10:43 AM
Eggs, stones thrown at Mamata Banerjee Trinamool MLA Kunal Ghosh's car in Bengal. Read here
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Eggs, stones thrown at Mamata Banerjee Trinamool MLA Kunal Ghosh's car in Bengal. Read here
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September 26, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Eggs, stones thrown at Mamata Banerjee Trinamool MLA Kunal Ghosh's car in Bengal. Read here
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"How much is the BJP getting from #ElonMusk? What is Modi getting in return for meekly selling out our country to the US establishment?" Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale asked.
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March 13, 2025 at 11:18 AM
"How much is the BJP getting from #ElonMusk? What is Modi getting in return for meekly selling out our country to the US establishment?" Trinamool Congress MP Saket Gokhale asked.
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“SIR is not only a story about India. It is also a live argument about a design question American readers have their own stake in: whether elections are safer run by one accountable body, or by 10,000 uncoordinated ones.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-voter-ro...
The Voter Roll Purge That Helped End Trinamool Rule
Are elections more safely run by one accountable body, or by 10,000 uncoordinated ones?
www.liberalcurrents.com
August 21, 2026 at 10:05 AM
“SIR is not only a story about India. It is also a live argument about a design question American readers have their own stake in: whether elections are safer run by one accountable body, or by 10,000 uncoordinated ones.” www.liberalcurrents.com/the-voter-ro...
"The United States has no single national body that runs elections… Nothing in American practice resembles a single nationwide agency conducting a compressed, house-to-house re-verification of an entire state's electorate within a six-month window." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-voter-ro...
August 21, 2026 at 6:10 AM
"The United States has no single national body that runs elections… Nothing in American practice resembles a single nationwide agency conducting a compressed, house-to-house re-verification of an entire state's electorate within a six-month window." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-voter-ro...
Marriage of convenience, says CM Adhikari on emerging Trinamool-CPI(M) closeness #Marriage #CMAdhikari #TrinamoolCPIM #socialnewsxyz
Marriage of convenience, says CM Adhikari on emerging Trinamool-CPI(M) closeness
Kolkata, Sep 27 (SocialNews.XYZ) Amid speculations over the emerging national-level understanding between Trinamool Congress and CPI(M) over the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar issue, West Bengal Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, on Sunday, indirectly described this evolving understanding as a “marriage of convenience”. CM Adhikari’s observation came in relation to the recent exchange of communiques between former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the CPI(M)’s general secretary, M.A. Baby, on the issue of differences among the top brass in the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) as reported by a media house recently.
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September 27, 2026 at 8:42 AM
Marriage of convenience, says CM Adhikari on emerging Trinamool-CPI(M) closeness #Marriage #CMAdhikari #TrinamoolCPIM #socialnewsxyz
"Officials used it to flag and remove names over transliteration variants in Muslim surnames, the placement of abbreviations like 'Sk.' or 'Md.,' and age gaps between parents and children common in larger families. None of these are evidence of fraud." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-voter-ro...
The Voter Roll Purge That Helped End Trinamool Rule
Are elections more safely run by one accountable body, or by 10,000 uncoordinated ones?
www.liberalcurrents.com
August 21, 2026 at 7:07 PM
"Officials used it to flag and remove names over transliteration variants in Muslim surnames, the placement of abbreviations like 'Sk.' or 'Md.,' and age gaps between parents and children common in larger families. None of these are evidence of fraud." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-voter-ro...
"A single election authority, like the Election Commission of India, does not exist in the United States. But West Bengal shows, with unusual clarity, what it would look like if one did, and who might end up holding it." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-voter-ro...
The Voter Roll Purge That Helped End Trinamool Rule
Are elections more safely run by one accountable body, or by 10,000 uncoordinated ones?
www.liberalcurrents.com
August 22, 2026 at 3:39 AM
"A single election authority, like the Election Commission of India, does not exist in the United States. But West Bengal shows, with unusual clarity, what it would look like if one did, and who might end up holding it." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-voter-ro...
Trinamool MLA Kunal Ghosh's car attacked en route to Mamata Banerjee rally in Hooghly #TrinamoolMLAKunalGhoshs #MamataBanerjee #Hooghly #socialnewsxyz
Trinamool MLA Kunal Ghosh’s car attacked en route to Mamata Banerjee rally in Hooghly
Kolkata, Sep 26 (SocialNews.XYZ) Trinamool Congress MLA Kunal Ghosh on Saturday alleged that his vehicle was attacked and vandalised by BJP-backed miscreants while he was travelling to attend former Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's public meeting in Serampore, Hooghly district. According to Kunal Ghosh, the incident took place in the Uttarpara area, where a group of people stopped his vehicle and pelted it with stones and eggs. He claimed that the attackers also struck the car's windows with iron rods, causing damage to the vehicle. "I was sitting next to the driver.
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September 26, 2026 at 11:01 AM
Trinamool MLA Kunal Ghosh's car attacked en route to Mamata Banerjee rally in Hooghly #TrinamoolMLAKunalGhoshs #MamataBanerjee #Hooghly #socialnewsxyz
Striking a different note from the rest of the Opposition, Trinamool Congress’s Rajya Sabha leader Derek O’Brien said his party was keen that the Parliament should “run”.
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We want Parliament to run: Trinamool Rajya Sabha leader Derek O’ Brien
Trinamool Congress focuses on six key issues for Parliament, diverging from Opposition on Adani probe, emphasizing people-centric concerns.
www.thehindu.com
November 27, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Striking a different note from the rest of the Opposition, Trinamool Congress’s Rajya Sabha leader Derek O’Brien said his party was keen that the Parliament should “run”.
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Those who question EVMs should prove their claim: Trinamool MP.
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Those who question EVMs should prove their claim: Trinamool MP
Trinamool Congress MP dismisses EVM tampering concerns, increasing Congress's isolation within INDIA bloc, urging evidence-based claims.
www.thehindu.com
December 16, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Those who question EVMs should prove their claim: Trinamool MP.
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🇮🇳 A índia deletou o cadastro eleitoral de milhões de pessoas na Bengala Ocidental, dias antes de uma eleição considerada decisiva.
Ao todo, 9,1 milhões de nomes foram excluídos, mais de 10% do eleitorado local, sob argumento de "purificar" a base eleitoral (segundo governo Modi).
Ao todo, 9,1 milhões de nomes foram excluídos, mais de 10% do eleitorado local, sob argumento de "purificar" a base eleitoral (segundo governo Modi).
April 22, 2026 at 6:06 PM
🇮🇳 A índia deletou o cadastro eleitoral de milhões de pessoas na Bengala Ocidental, dias antes de uma eleição considerada decisiva.
Ao todo, 9,1 milhões de nomes foram excluídos, mais de 10% do eleitorado local, sob argumento de "purificar" a base eleitoral (segundo governo Modi).
Ao todo, 9,1 milhões de nomes foram excluídos, mais de 10% do eleitorado local, sob argumento de "purificar" a base eleitoral (segundo governo Modi).
"A right that survives only if you win an appeal after the fact, on a timeline set by the state and often too short to navigate, is a right held on sufferance rather than a right held in fact." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-voter-ro...
The Voter Roll Purge That Helped End Trinamool Rule
Are elections more safely run by one accountable body, or by 10,000 uncoordinated ones?
www.liberalcurrents.com
September 1, 2026 at 8:48 PM
"A right that survives only if you win an appeal after the fact, on a timeline set by the state and often too short to navigate, is a right held on sufferance rather than a right held in fact." www.liberalcurrents.com/the-voter-ro...
SC asks ECI to indicate timeframe for final decision on Trinamool name, symbol dispute #SC #ECI #Trinamool #socialnewsxyz
SC asks ECI to indicate timeframe for final decision on Trinamool name, symbol dispute
New Delhi, Sep 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Thursday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to indicate a timeframe for deciding the dispute over the name and reserved election symbol of the Trinamool Congress (TMC), observing that the matter should not be prolonged indefinitely. A Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana was hearing TMC chief Mamata Banerjee’s plea challenging the ECI’s interim decision to freeze the party’s name and its "Flowers and Grass" symbol amid the dispute between rival factions.
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September 24, 2026 at 8:52 AM
SC asks ECI to indicate timeframe for final decision on Trinamool name, symbol dispute #SC #ECI #Trinamool #socialnewsxyz
SC to hear Mamata Banerjee’s plea against EC freezing Trinamool name, election symbol tomorrow #SC #MamataBanerjees #EC #Trinamool #socialnewsxyz
SC to hear Mamata Banerjee’s plea against EC freezing Trinamool name, election symbol tomorrow
New Delhi, Sep 23 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Thursday Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee’s plea challenging the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to freeze the party’s name and its reserved election symbol amid an ongoing dispute between rival factions. As per the Cause List published on the website of the apex court, a Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V. Mohana will hear the matter on September 24. The case is listed at serial number 26 before the CJI-led Bench as a fresh civil case for admission.
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September 23, 2026 at 4:00 PM
SC to hear Mamata Banerjee’s plea against EC freezing Trinamool name, election symbol tomorrow #SC #MamataBanerjees #EC #Trinamool #socialnewsxyz
Calcutta HC flays EC for withdrawing AISF's symbol, allotting it to Ritabrata-led Trinamool faction #CalcuttaHC #EC #AISFs #RitabrataledTrinamool #socialnewsxyz
Calcutta HC flays EC for withdrawing AISF’s symbol, allotting it to Ritabrata-led Trinamool faction
Kolkata, Sep 24 (SocialNews.XYZ) A single-judge bench of the Calcutta High Court on Thursday criticised the role of the Election Commission of India (ECI) over the latter's decision to withdraw the "envelop" symbol earlier allotted to the All India Secular Front (AISF) and allot the symbol to Ritabrata Banerjee-led faction in Trinamool Congress just before the forthcoming bypolls for Nandigram Assembly constituency in East Midnapore district and Rejinagar Assembly constituency in Murshidabad district of West Bengal next month. AISF, with Nawsad Siddique, as the lone party representative in West Bengal Assembly, is contesting the Nandigram bypoll, scheduled on October 6.
www.socialnews.xyz
September 24, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Calcutta HC flays EC for withdrawing AISF's symbol, allotting it to Ritabrata-led Trinamool faction #CalcuttaHC #EC #AISFs #RitabrataledTrinamool #socialnewsxyz
"American election administration is, by design, a mess…federalism doing what federalism is supposed to do, which is to make it structurally difficult for any single actor, however determined, to capture the machinery of elections all at once. It is also, historically, no guarantee of anything."
The Voter Roll Purge That Helped End Trinamool Rule
Are elections more safely run by one accountable body, or by 10,000 uncoordinated ones?
www.liberalcurrents.com
August 21, 2026 at 1:02 PM
"American election administration is, by design, a mess…federalism doing what federalism is supposed to do, which is to make it structurally difficult for any single actor, however determined, to capture the machinery of elections all at once. It is also, historically, no guarantee of anything."
"Decentralization has already failed once, slowly, unevenly, and for a very long time. But SIR is a portrait of the other failure mode: not slow but immediate, not local but total, a single captured authority reordering an entire electorate's rights inside of six months."
The Voter Roll Purge That Helped End Trinamool Rule
Are elections more safely run by one accountable body, or by 10,000 uncoordinated ones?
www.liberalcurrents.com
August 26, 2026 at 12:19 AM
"Decentralization has already failed once, slowly, unevenly, and for a very long time. But SIR is a portrait of the other failure mode: not slow but immediate, not local but total, a single captured authority reordering an entire electorate's rights inside of six months."
#lokSabha2024 Assembly Bypolls, BJ Party still not showing any progress.
Assembly Bypolls results 2024: Trinamool Congress all set to sweep by-polls in West Bengal
Assembly Bypolls results 2024: Counting under way for Assembly bypolls held for 13 constituencies across seven States.
www.thehindu.com
July 14, 2024 at 8:48 AM
#lokSabha2024 Assembly Bypolls, BJ Party still not showing any progress.
The group led by #MamataBanerjee was assigned the name “Mamata All India Trinamool Congress” with the symbol “football player”. The #ArupRoy faction of the party was allotted the name of “Democratic Trinamool Congress” with the envelope as its symbol.
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September 18, 2026 at 10:35 AM
The group led by #MamataBanerjee was assigned the name “Mamata All India Trinamool Congress” with the symbol “football player”. The #ArupRoy faction of the party was allotted the name of “Democratic Trinamool Congress” with the envelope as its symbol.
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