Didnt want to comment about WB elections as there was too much noise in SM.

People not moving an inch from their homes were presenting expert views about winners & losers in WB constituencies

Heres my take after visiting 150+ constituencies in last 5 months in South Bengal
TMC had to execute 2 things:

- Retain hold in South & North 24 Parganas, Kolkata. 75 seats. Was tough particularly after Amphan fiasco

- Recover from total wipeout in Bankura, Purulia, Jhargram, Nadia & North Bengal

BJP had to do consolidate its LS positions & gain. It failed
From Day 0, TMC was very clear about their goals in bi-polar election.

To reach 45% vote share , TMC had to get

- 65% Muslim votes
- 35% Hindu women votes
- 30% Hindu male votes

They surpassed those numbers in every segment

BJP talked about corruption & minority appeasement
3 major factors

-Silent campaigning of TMC related to Hindu Bengali exclusion in NRC. Helped in regaining of Refugee votes (North 24 Parganas & Nadia)

- Replacing around 70-80 MLAs

-Spl targeting of Santhals, Kurmis & Mahatos in Jumglemahal

More factors. #AskMeAnything

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22 Jun 20
@ArunudoyB Entire thread @ArunudoyB da. You captured excellently the different aspects about constant swing of people pulse

I will add about the 4 different mood swings in last 1 year

-Post NRC Results (11 Lakh Bengali Hindu exclusion) - TMC Gained. Reflected in 3 Assembly By poll results
@ArunudoyB -CAA passed & chαos across WB including train buπning - BJP gained hugely

- WB Govt hiding Covid deαths in first 3 weeks & finally admitting- BJP gained again

- Post Amphan - Centre giving only 1000 Crores while Central team admitted dαmage of 80K crores - TMC started gaining
@ArunudoyB In LS 2019, BJP's vote share gain was almost entirely due to switching of αnti-TMC votes from Left front to BJP.

While TMC had actually increased its vote share by 3.5% , Left Front's vote had collapsed from 30% to 7.5%

hindustantimes.com/lok-sabha-elec…
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12 Jun 20
@IamSourav_b @SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 @madhuparna_N @sarkar_swati @GargaC @ReporterTintinB @Jamie_Venom @JoyBangla1984 @Ram_Guha @vasudha_ET @nistula @shashangko @soumo2014 @RaahulGhosh @SirCaustic_Soda Disagree -@IamSourav_b .

Hαte mongers do not rely on Economic / Census or any data whatsoever. LW Bengali Hαters hide behind 2 arguments:

1. Pseudo-Secularism

2. Take my tweet in X/Y/Z context

Even if you tag them in 10 data loaded threads, they will NOT take a look
@IamSourav_b @SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 @madhuparna_N @sarkar_swati @GargaC @ReporterTintinB @Jamie_Venom @JoyBangla1984 @Ram_Guha @vasudha_ET @nistula @shashangko @soumo2014 @RaahulGhosh @SirCaustic_Soda Lets look at connecting link of this hαte narratives and articles against Bengalis

@vasudha_ET, @nistula & the author of recent hαte article in Print @DeyDebalina1 are all Delhi Residents

@nistula finds supportive arguments for cultural imperialism in huffingtonpost.in/2016/08/26/dea…
@IamSourav_b @SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 @madhuparna_N @sarkar_swati @GargaC @ReporterTintinB @Jamie_Venom @JoyBangla1984 @vasudha_ET @nistula @shashangko @soumo2014 @RaahulGhosh @SirCaustic_Soda This hαte article was written by Delhi resident Bengali @piyasreedg

Entire article is based on αccusing Bengalis speaking amongst themselves in mothertongue in front of "others"

Again NO data that other ethnicities do it less. All "personal experience"

huffingtonpost.in/2016/08/26/dea…
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9 Jun 20
@dikgaj May be @dikgaj da, the value system angle is a camouflage to eulogize Churchill. Issue is perhaps diff as @IamSourav_b pointed

Mao/Stalin will not be made hero as they are communist. Same 4 Jinnah as he is a Muslim / Pak related.

Praise reserved for Churchill & British rulers
@dikgaj @IamSourav_b Yesterday's tweets were coordinated in time. Started with British Master David. Then Amplified by BJP Promoted Social Media Heroes within minutes

Old Thought process. While Muslims were invaders, British were not. In fact they were liberators from Muslim rule and to be praised
@dikgaj @IamSourav_b President of Hindu Sena Vishnu Gupta celebrated Queen Victoria's Death Anniversary.

He is good friend of Tejinder Bagga. Bagga was chosen to be a leader of SM cell & given MLA ticket as well in Delhi this time

Subscription to the core philosophy helps in ascent
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7 Jun 20
@PureIndia007 @GargaC Before writing & endorsing such outright rαcist comments @PureIndia007 , @bhartiyabaniya ,@gangulyrahul , did you even click and read the article that was shared?

Are you aware of realities of lakhs Hindu exclusion in Assam NRC & hundreds of Cαptive Hindus in Detention Centres ?
@PureIndia007 @GargaC @bhartiyabaniya @gangulyrahul Breakup of 19 lakh excluded in Assam NRC,

13 lakh Hindu Bengalis
1 lakh Hindu Gorkhas

Less than 6 lakh are Muslims. NRC was supposed to exclude BD origin muslims

Article is from BJP Leaning & RW Gospel Mag Swarajya. Not "Lutyens Media"

swarajyamag.com/politics/long-…
@PureIndia007 @GargaC @bhartiyabaniya @gangulyrahul Detention Camps - Assam

- Located inside Prisons
- Locked in room after 6 PM
- 35 People eating & sleeping in single room
- 1 Toilet with NO Locks
- Half Cooked Food

Trαgic Story of αrrested Hindus whose parents came from Bangladesh post partition

bbc.com/news/world-asi…
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27 May 20
@SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 I usually Refrain from Countering Biased, Non Factual articles that BJP folks write regularly against West Bengal

This lady has taken the same approach for cheap popularity.

This opinion piece is based on 15 references almost all of which are factually wrong. Starting a thread
@SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 -@DeyDebalina1's economic stagnation angle references a BLOG explaining a PhD thesis on Bengal from 1948-2000. Not relevant in 2020

Last year, WB had highest GDP growth rate in India. Acc to GoI's Ministry of statistics & program implementation (MOSPI)

financialexpress.com/economy/west-b…
@SujoyNMitra @DeyDebalina1 -@DeyDebalina1's "Lack of Jobs" angle references a scroll article which concludes based on

- Slump in Real Estate post demonetisation
- Presence of syndicates
- Interview of around 10 Folks

Not on any Employment Survey Report of GoI or Pvt agencies

scroll.in/article/919298…
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22 Jan 20
@lobonkha @7rajashree @Scorsesefangirl @dr_dsandeep @NoyonSENSE @SirCaustic_Soda @SilcharSid @ArunudoyB @BorahBedabrata @GayatriBGohain My 2 cents. Lets not attack at personal level.

Things should be said what they are & NOT whitewashed. These terms "xenophobia", "chauvinism", "anti-outsider" all these are for whitewashing

What has taken place is repeated Hindu massacres starting from 60s.
@lobonkha @7rajashree @Scorsesefangirl @dr_dsandeep @NoyonSENSE @SirCaustic_Soda @SilcharSid @ArunudoyB @BorahBedabrata @GayatriBGohain Started from Goreswar in 60. Language Martyrs in 61, Khoirabari & Silpathar massacres in 83, Hojai in 93.

Enough info in Internet about each of these massacres. Hundreds of People k!illed, displaced, Babies thrown in fire, compensation denied. Not 1 done by ULFA or insurgents
@lobonkha @7rajashree @Scorsesefangirl @dr_dsandeep @NoyonSENSE @SirCaustic_Soda @SilcharSid @ArunudoyB @BorahBedabrata @GayatriBGohain It was organised by Assamese Civil society (Goreswar in 60s had teachers & students involved)

Nellie was exception in terms of t@rget religion. Obviously att@cking mob was also diff (Lalun/ Tiwa tribes)

Entire state rallied so that nobody is punished (Assam accord terms)
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