Share this page!

Abhishek Bagchi Profile picture
Twitter logo
28 May, 5 tweets, 2 min read
Political bαttles are fought not only on-ground and in social & electronic media.

Court Rooms have also been a combαt zone, in political theater, particularly between TMC & BJP

Off late, this is also 1 more area, where BJP is in back foot.

Thread

barandbench.com/news/litigatio…
CBI & Solicitor General Tushar Mehta wanted to

1. Arrest the accused
2. Bail be denied to them
3. Went to Supreme court on Special Leave Petition , appealing to cancel house arrest of accused
4. Transfer case outside state

Till now denied first 3

livelaw.in/top-stories/ca…
In a case, keenly watched by state residents, CBI

-Filed a skeletal application for transfer of case
-Could provide no proof of obstruction of justice

These type of legal framing, leading to αdverse verdict, creates impression that BJP is trying to have vendetta and IS FAILING ImageImage
Tushar Mehta had filed Special Leave Petition (SLP) to move case to Supreme Court & cancel house arrest order. Supreme Court rejected

3rd time, Tushar Mehta tried same step & failed. Had previously filed SLP to cancel bail of Kafeel Khan & Mukhtar Ansari

livelaw.in/top-stories/su…
In High profile cases like this, if legal points remain weak & "skeletal" & if repeatedly, BJP fails to reach its objective wrt opposition leaders, it points to bigger issue

Perhaps BJP needs to invest in legal resources as well along with building party organization in WB

End

• • •

Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to force a refresh
　

Keep Current with Abhishek Bagchi

Abhishek Bagchi Profile picture

Stay in touch and get notified when new unrolls are available from this author!

Read all threads

This Thread may be Removed Anytime!

PDF

Twitter may remove this content at anytime! Save it as PDF for later use!

Try unrolling a thread yourself!

how to unroll video
  1. Follow @ThreadReaderApp to mention us!

  2. From a Twitter thread mention us with a keyword "unroll"
@threadreaderapp unroll

Practice here first or read more on our help page!

More from @abishekbagchi

Abhishek Bagchi Profile picture
15 May
CPM Party infrastructure was decimαted & taken over in planned way by TMC, post 2011

From School teachers Association to Auto rickshaw drivers union-all shifted loyalty, within months

Same is being repeated now, in a smaller way, with BJP infra. Thread for students of politics
Important ministries for rural hinterland

-Irrigation & waterways
-Fisheries
-Technical Education & Skill development
-Panchayat & Rural Development
-MSME & Textile

Allocated to folks from undivided Medinipur district - to end clout of Subhendu & Dilip

thestatesman.com/bengal/midnapo…
Tribal Santhali votes moved lock, stock & barrel to TMC in Bidhansabha from BJP in LS 2019. Large margin wins in 4 assembly seats of Jhargram

Birbaha Hansda, Santhali moviestar, awarded key ministry, relevant for the area- Forest Resources ministry

bengali.indianexpress.com/entertainment/…
Read 5 tweets
Abhishek Bagchi Profile picture
14 May
WB Elections: Decoding seats won by thin margin

Only 23% seats (67 out of 292) were won by less than 10,000 votes

Out of those 67, TMC won 37 and BJP won 30.

For TMC, it was 17% of total seats (37 out of 213) & for BJP, it was 39% (30 of 77)

results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/sta…

#Thread
BJP

9 seats were won by a margin between 5000-10,000 while 21 seats were won by margin of less than 5000

Least margin was in Dinhata constituency where BJP won by 57 votes

26 out of these 30 seats had Hindu population greater than 75% & yet margin of victory was wafer thin
TMC

24 seats were won by a margin between 5000-10,000 & 13 seats were won by margin of less than 5000

30 out of these 37 seats had Hindu population greater than 75% & yet TMC defeated BJP

Large number of them are from western Bengal where BJP had lead in Loksabha 2019
Read 8 tweets
Abhishek Bagchi Profile picture
4 May
@IamSourav_b @sarkar_swati This is NOT how Indian politics work. Elites dont touch each other across party lines (Chidu & Lalu are exceptions, for reasons).

Revenge has been historically targeted against grass root workers, always.

Only 1 recent addition. SM handles, in payroll, engage in amplification
@IamSourav_b @sarkar_swati Thats why:

1. No one was convicted in 2G & Coal scams post 2014
2. National Herald case was slowed down
3. Kamal Nath did NOT pursue Vyapam scam in his 1 yr tenure as CM
4. Bhupesh Baghel never went after Chitfund scams in Chhattisgarh during 15 yrs of BJP rule

Many examples
@IamSourav_b @sarkar_swati If Modi pursues Bhaipo, TMC would immediately

1. Withdraw WB Board affiliation for 1000+ RSS schools
2. Close down Sakhas in districts
3. Start shooting BJP MLAs instead of workers
4. Book 20 trains & send WB Matuas to see condition of their brethren in Assam detention centres
Read 5 tweets
Abhishek Bagchi Profile picture
4 May
A genuine fieldwork from English media I saw in last few months. Captured 80% of points correctly

Santhals (~40% of population) & Kurmis (~38% of popln) shifted back to TMC from BJP since 2019 LS.

25 Hindu majority constituency BJP lost without a clue

news18.com/news/politics/…
-"Jai Guram" in all TMC rallies as opposed to "Jai Sri Ram"
- Tribal Sahityo Board, Tribal Academies
- Recognizing "Sarna" ritual practices

Everything helped TMC

But biggest factor was Chhatradhor Mahato & his umbrella org of 13 tribal communities, whose demands BJP MPs refused
Declaring Kurmali as official state language helped TMC hugely

1,000 Kurmi villages in Jangalmahal

750 in Jhargram alone with a 42% votes. In Purulia, 65% are Kurmis, while in Bankura & West Midnapore its around 15-16 %

Hinduism has many local variants which needs recognition
Read 4 tweets
Abhishek Bagchi Profile picture
2 May
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
Read 4 tweets
Abhishek Bagchi Profile picture
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…
Read 11 tweets

Did Thread Reader help you today?

Support us! We are indie developers!

This site is made by just two indie developers on a laptop doing marketing, support and development! Read more about the story.

Become a Premium Member ($3/month or $30/year) and get exclusive features!

Become Premium

Too expensive? Make a small donation by buying us coffee ($5) or help with server cost ($10)

Donate via Paypal Become our Patreon

Thank you for your support!

Follow Us on Twitter!

Like this author's thread?

Get emails when @abishekbagchi has new unrolls!

Check out other threads from @abishekbagchi!

Read all threads by @abishekbagchi

:(