West Bengal

Mamata Banerjee: I’m the Change

Sunanda K Datta-Ray

In a Bengal that has shed ideals and ideology for pragmatism, politics still swirls around Mamata Banerjee, loved by the bustees and dismissed by the bhadralok. The Didi paradox

Sitaram Yechury: The Terminator

Kumar Anshuman

Sitaram Yechury faces his biggest test so far in deciding whether to tie up with Congress for the Bengal polls

Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind: Madani & Madani

Kumar Anshuman

Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind after the reunification hopes to influence the outcome of elections in West Bengal, Assam and Uttar Pradesh

After Bihar: Return of the Satrapies

Sumantra Bose

Strong regional parties will continue to hold sway against the BJP

Sitaram Yechury: The Secretary is Elsewhere

Ullekh NP

Sitaram Yechury incurs the displeasure of party leaders who want action, not talk, as the new chief goes ahead with plans to hold a plenum in November, just months ahead of crucial polls in Kerala where it is battling against heavy odds to wrest power from the Congress and in West Bengal where it is struggling to retain its second position