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Trinamool Congress, which fielded candidates in seven seats, made a clean sweep winning all of them. Congress, which contested three, won only one when it retained Sujapur assembly seat in Malda.
Even the red citadel of Belgachia East in the metropolis, represented since 1977 by former Transport minister Subhas Chakraborty, crumbled before a resurgent Trinamool Congress. TC candidate Sujit Bose wrested it by a record 28,360 votes from CPM's Ramala Chakraborty, the widow of the former minister.
The party also set foot in North Bengal with Trinamool candidate Khageswar Ray wresting the Rajgunj seat by 15,029 votes from CPM which had fielded Dhanapati Ray.
For the CPM-led ruling Left Front, Forward Bloc's victory in the Congress stronghold of Goalpokhar was the only consolation as as all other partners including CPI-M lost. CPI-M had fielded candidates in five seats and LF partners CPI in two, RSP in one, Forward Bloc one and DSP one.
"It is a victory of democracy and peace. It is also a victory of Ma, Mati, Manush (mother, land and people)," TC chief Mamata Banerjee said.
Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee declined to comment on the Left Front's rout.
"No," Bhattacharjee shot back when reporters questioned him at the Writers Buildings about the debacle.
Veteran Marxist leader Jyoti Basu, who had made an unprecedented appeal to the Congress to vote for the Left in the bypolls, was not informed about the debacle.
"He was not informed about the election results. What does he have to say about it now?" the 96-year-old Marxist veteran's aide Joykrishna Ghosh said when asked.
The seven seats won by TC are Alipur, Serampore, Bongaon, Egra, Contai South, Rajgunj and Belgachia East.
TC's ally Congress lost the Goalpokhar seat represented earlier by Deepa Dasmunahi, wife of former union minister P R Dasmunshi.
In Alipur, an assembly segment of Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's Kolkata South Lok Sabha constituency, TC candidate Firhad Hakim won by 27,555 votes, defeating CPI(M)'s Kaustav Chatterjee.


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Congratulation to DIDI and her supporter: Senoir West-Bengal people has also very clear idea about Congress ruling WB, nature of TMC acitivity, Maioist agitation etc, young people will be horrified if they listen the history/ facts from their grand father-mother, parents and senior member of their family, may be young West-Bengal people has seen only CPM ruling the state, obviously they will have something to say against Goverment but they still do not have experience to see congress and TMC rulling WB. I can predict that you will see horrified WB again. You may need to know that during CPM government in WB, starting from poor labour,farmer, school teacher, lower caste people had received many advantages and rights, still in WB cost of food is cheaf than any other place in India, young people has seen that how Mamata and TMC also against industralization, WB also has some unique problems like population, pleople coming from Bangaladesh, etc. If Mamata come to power in WB,its a huge cha
Now Hindi speaking people should slap people speaking Marathi Language. Where is our law and order now ? Is our law and order only for common men ?
Bangladesh Muslims did the trick. Jyoti Basu allowed unlimited entry of Bangla Muslims and now they have converted Mamata to Islam and throw the communists out
The Commies have bitten the dust. They should see the writing on the wall and fade into oblivion along with their rigor mortis stricken ideology.
It is the proper time to realise the reality . Now the left should leave the idea to befool the poor
It is just choice between devil and deep sea.Bengal people chosen devil instead of deep sea.Both are worse just the paths are different. It is still a distant vision to have good people as our rulers.
LEFT WILL BE LEFT NOWHERE BECAUSE TC WILL COME IN WEST BENGAL AND CONGRESS WILL COME IN KERALA. BUT UPA HAS TO FULFIL HER POLL PROMISES. RIGHT TO HEALTH, RIGHT TO EDUCATION, RIGHT TO FOOD AND RIGHT TO SECURITY MUST BE IMPLEMENTED.
Mamata Banerjee's party has nothing to offer except for protests. What will they do when they will come to power? But Bengal has been pushed to such a corner, it doesn't matter who comes to power as long as Left Front is ousted. Period.
It is really great that BJP has bitten the dust.
Yiu are Indian or Italian. BJP Has joined ConGI and Mamata party to wipe out Comuunism from India. Once that is done they will fight ConGI head on.So Please donot celeberate with stinking Pizza and wine
This is rootless party.Mamata is genious.Everyone people in Bengal wants to see her as CM.Centre should demolished the state govt of bengal and need a fresh election.congrats DIDI.
Bombay should be separated from Maharashtra and made an Union Territory.
CPM of both W.Bengal and Kerala has become a Financial Holding Company. CPM was a party of the poor, farmers and the underprivileged; its leaders were representing poors and fighting for them.But as the Soviet Union collapsed and China adopted American model capitalism while retaining its communist dictatorship, the CPM of Kerala and W.Bengal also started eating China's vomit.Until then CPM leaders of Kerala were drinking black tea and tapioca and they dreamed of eating western foods , living in posh houses worth millions and travelling in Ford and Benz cars.Thus they iontroduced 'free market economy and developmental projects(IT)' in that tiny state lying to the public that the same will bring thousands of jobs to Keralites; paddy fields and agricultural lands were captured from farmers and delivered to their agents - real estate mafia who converted it into resorts and commercial buildings.All the CPM leaders became rich people,eroding the party's base!!!!!
Mr. Abdulla, China at this point is the largest Capitalist country in the world. Prosperity achived thru Capitalism not the other way around. Cuz some politicians ate tapioca and drank tea doesnt mean a thing. Those are all political stunt done by Indian politicians. Bottom line is young generation in Kerala need decent jobs. All these political slogans and talk dont feed their families. COMMUNISM is a history. Soviet Union is a great example.
It is time for Budha and Karat to leave the CPM politbureau and sit under 'Bodhi Vriksh' so that the soul of Karl Marx would come down from his heavenly abode to bestow in them some "Enlightenment" as to what is true Communism and Marxism as also to provide them both with ways and means to spread communism across the breadth and width of India. Lal Salam till till then, dear Karat and Budha
Good news is the communists are out. Bad news is Mamta is infamous for arms twisting and making money at the hands of industrialists lobby. She will pull the trigger against present government on any issue. Inconsistant and unpredictable. She deprived employment to thousands when she opposed to TATA's NANO project. How on earth is she being supported is a mistery. Probably communists are worse than her in any case.
Very well said. Her win does not indicate that she is good for WB but that communist are worse than her.
Both congress and Trunomol both are anti hindu. These so called UPA ruined this nation hell.See the minority appeasement for vote. Nothing will be changed in WB. it is already occulied by the Bangladeshi muslim.See Bangladeshi constitute 4 % of the Population. God save our country.I am not at all happy with the devlopment.
It is the JAI HO Moment for DIDI and ours. Comunist must go to hail
Some of the writers have the penchant to write absurdity and irrelevent thinks and most respected IE column should not entertain such baiters.What relevence is there or what role Mr.Advani is having in the W Bengal election is very clear but some of the BJP biters are still living in stone age talking of Babari demolishion and other Kandhahar issue to malign BJP and its leaders.These people are blind to the reality and does not know the real power of BJP and the sacrifice leaders like Advani and other veterans have done for the country.Will these BJP biters tell what sacrifice the Italian madam or Rahul Gandhi have contributed to the mother India.yes they have allowed Qattrochi the Bofors villian to escape ,made Rajivs murderers the martyrs and silently allowing all the Christian missionaries to convert the country into another Rome.Aruna chalpradesh is alienated ,Assam is slowly turning into another bangladesh,Kashmir is gone,Terrorists are freely reigning.Mammohan is crying wolf.
Crae to mention the scarfices your LOW PURUSH...the liar...did fo India. Is it calling for the Ram Mandir to be built....or is it for inciting people...or mebbe trying to cheat people by partaking in the cash for vote scam...you mate are one of those hate mongers & you are so pathetic a human being to quote religion when everyone discusses politics. Cut the crap...live with it you bigoted Hindu...the secular Congress rules
Sacrifice of Advani?Have you gone mad? This fellow was invloved in the cash in parliament scam, and he is a liar, but you chose to call him a desh bhakt. This Advani guy released top terrorists and got them escorted to Kandahar and at a alter stage or before the last elections he claimed that he did not knew.Come on wake up man. If Advani is a desh bhakt then our country is doomed.
Hello Roy I don't know where are u from, but from your comments it is very clear that your sincere follower of Sonia Gandhi, dear friend you remember a party which tells singing of "vande matharam" is not mandatory, it is only Congress. and also accepting fatwa against signing "Vande matharam" that to in front of Home Minister is shameful, true Indians should understand country and its ethics are more important than religion. By talking we secular for only vote bank doesn%u2019t server any purpose which is done most of the political parties now.
I have nothing much to say about Marxists, but do people realize that Mamta is a mere agitationist and will plunge whatever she touches into chaos?
Dipa Dasmunsi learn the lession from people of Bengal via people of Goalpakhore.
absolutly right...before marriage she was an "Jatra" actress...now after marriage putting "Dasmunshi" along her name she think she is the all in all of congress den "Goalpokhor" rather "Raigange"...now this type of ans from anti-CPIM people is very much required after "Siliguri" scandal...the middlewoman of CPIM...
fully agreed. Assuming she becomes the CM of WB, the state is going to go to the dogs ( worse than it already has)
Such Euphoria about pseudo freedom stinks.How conveniently we forget the purge and the scourge of the Congress Emergency,a totalatarian system that was unleashed upon us.THe coefficient of its manifestation was there for all to witness, hundreds of politicians and dissenters were incarcerated, for no reasons or rhymes.It was Bap Ka Raj.What we are witnessing is re arranging of the deck chairs on the ship.Congress/T.C.thugs are replacing the CPIM/Karat scoundrels.Hope this chmacha media will allow a free and fair expression.
BJP and left have become history in our country.These are the political partys which created a scene against the nuclear deal between India and US. From now on no one should destroy the statues of Buddha, issue jihad or fatwa, demolish Babri Basjid or Mandirs, murder or terrorize fellow human beings, and if anyone chose to mix religion and dirty politics then such rascals should be deported to Swat, Saudi Arabia or Somalia, because our modern country do not need these jerks on our soil.
Why you people refuse to understand that it is only defeat of BJP in the elections will ultimately lead to Swat and SaudiArabia
This is expected because Marxists, power corrupted in their 30 years of mis-rule, resulted in making West Bengal the most backward 'powerless' State.It is a lesson to them.Karat spells doom of Marxists by his agressive anti UPA rhetoric and stance and opposing import of atomic energy plants and know-how. But let us beware, TMC headed by Mamatha will be no better by her whimsical behaviour. West Bengal is doomed either way.
It's a lesson for us.It's not the end of the road.We know we have to pay the price for what we have done in last 5 years not in 30 years. We will regroup ourselves. You know that "When going gets tough then toughs get going"!
GOOD LUCK AND GOD SPEED.GET RID OF WILY KARAT FIRST AND YOUR PARTY WILL REGENERATE.Let Kallol be pacified.
Are communists paying the price for keeping Hidutva and Lord Ram at bay by aligning with the congress during the 2004 elections just to keep BJP away from power.? Is it a lesson for every other secular political party who align with the congress just to delay construction of Ram Temple at Ayodhya? Will they also be facing extinction shortly, just as CPM is today, for being anti-Hindu and anti-Ram?
BJP...who are they in these states...they are nobody. Shut up...or get to Gujarat & Madhya Pradesh ...shout as loud as you want...dimwit we are talking politics here..not your Ram
THe complete rout of CPM is the only solution for the misery of W Bengal and its people.Only Mamatha has got the courage and will to take on the goondaism of CPM and she will finish them off.Once the oppertunist Communists are out of reckoning then you can see dramatic improvement in the country.Let us all support Mamata in her mission to get rid of the communist once for all.
Andu who will take Mamata's goondagiri ? Indians keep going in circles ad nauseum.
It is the beginning of a good riddance for West Bengal. Mamata Banerjee, flawed as she is (who isn't, anyway?), is the best bet for West Bengal in the near future. For, as this decade has shown, a change of face has not brought about a change of heart, mind or soul for the CPI(M) led Left Front in West Bengal. The degeneration of the political, social, economic and cultural life of West Bengal that has marked the Left Front's rule (though the rot started setting in even earlier during the sixties) must now be left behind and West Bengal led back on the path of recovery to peace, progress and prosperity. Do we need to wait till 2011 for that? Why can't and why shouldn't the state elections be advanced when it is evident from the election results since May 2009 that a vast majority of the people of West Bengal have lost faith in the state government of the day? What does the Constitution of India say in this regard?
Excellent. Pithy and right to the point. Going by the Constitution of India, West Bengal can not have its scheduled Bidhan Sabha elections before 2011 unless the State Government decides to prepone elections or President's Rule is imposed and elections are advanced. Both are remote possibilities. So, we have to wait till 2011.
Till these EVM's (Electronic victory machines) & Chawla are their congress has no problems in winning all elections comfortably. Opposion parties can win only if voting is conducted on basis of ballot papers. Jai ho chawla ! Jai ho swiss bank money ! Jai ho Quotrichi ! Jai Ho scams! Jai Ho Inflation !
Ravi seems to be upset at the routing of BJP in all elections. Take 2 days off and relax man. Blame your party and NOT EVMs.
This has nothing to do with BJP. are the communists not the opposition? I think they are only opportunists.