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From Critic to Convert: Raghav Chadha Leads Dramatic Rajya Sabha Defection To BJP

The move, framed by Chadha as a “constitutional merger” backed by two-thirds of AAP’s Upper House members, marks one of the most significant defections the party has faced since its inception, and raises sharp questions about ideological consistency, political ambition, and shifting loyalties in India’s opposition landscape.

BY Mrinalini Dhyani

Bengal Elections 2026: CPI(M) Bets Heavily On Their Young Turks For Comeback In The State

The Communist Party of India (Marxist), who held power for 34 years in the state, was shockingly reduced to zero seats in the last assembly elections. However, hopes are renewed and plans are redrawn this election season, with the party fielding their young and most-popular faces in constituencies with high profile opposition candidates. The candidates, upbeat and hopeful, are employing new campaign styles and redefining traditional ways to reach out to people across the state.

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee/Outlook : 37-year-old CPI(M) candidate from Dumdum Constituency, Mayukh Biswas, during his campaign rounds.

BY Photo Webdesk

| Photo: Sandipan Chatterjee/Outlook : 37-year-old CPI(M) candidate from Dumdum Constituency, Mayukh Biswas, during his campaign rounds.
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Between Faith And Campaign: Modi’s Hooghly Moment

Along the soft morning light of Kolkata’s Hooghly river, Prime Minister Narendra Modi paused amid a charged election season to stage a quieter, carefully curated moment. The images he later shared on X frame the river as symbol of memory, faith and political messaging intertwined. From lingering shots of the flowing waters to glimpses of the sweeping arcs of Howrah Bridge and Vidyasagar Setu, the photo set captures a morning that blends the personal with the performative. There are moments of stillness of the Prime Minister gazing at the river, attempting a photograph as well as interactions with boatmen and early walkers. These images situate the river as both setting and subject, a cultural lifeline invoked in the language of devotion, and a political stage in the midst of West Bengal’s electoral churn.

BY Photo Webdesk

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