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Shoaib Daniyal
Shoaib Daniyal is a Scroll.in staffer.
BJP’s fixation with TMC defectors sees party shoot itself in the foot in Singur
The BJP has used defectors to try and beef up its organisation on the ground. But with it, the party has also imported the Trinamool’s anti-incumbency.
Shoaib Daniyal
· Apr 08, 2021 · 06:30 am
CCTV camera blackout in EVM strongroom, alleges Congress candidate in Bengal. EC says ‘malfunction’
The Election Commission said the visuals were disrupted due to ‘malfunction’ in the screen used to display the CCTV footage.
Shoaib Daniyal
· Apr 04, 2021 · 09:45 pm
‘Corruption first, citizenship later’: Why CAA is having little impact on the Bengal elections
Everyday politics dominates the discourse amongst the state’s large population of Hindu Bangladeshi migrants.
Shoaib Daniyal
· Apr 03, 2021 · 09:00 am
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Will poor organisation be a roadblock for BJP in its Bengal stronghold of Jungle Mahal?
The party did exceedingly well here in 2019. But will it be hold on to its votes in 2021 in the absence of a party machine that reaches down to the villages?
Shoaib Daniyal
· Mar 29, 2021 · 06:30 pm
Will the communalisation of OBC reservations help the BJP in Bengal?
Thoughout Bengal’s history, OBC castes have rarely behaved as a votebank.
Shoaib Daniyal
· Mar 22, 2021 · 06:30 am
What does the violent chaos in the Bengal BJP mean for its election prospects?
The BJP will be hoping that, for the first time in any Bengal Assembly election, party organisation becomes completely irrelevant for voter choice.
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· Mar 19, 2021 · 01:30 pm
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Siddiqui draws upon his fiery oratory, the massive popularity of the Furfura Sharif shrine as well as popular dissent against the TMC's local level corruption.
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· Mar 18, 2021 · 06:30 am
DMK to BJP, Jharkhand to Haryana: What explains the sweeping support for state-based reservations?
A slowing economy and the immense shock of the lockdown means states are rushing to reserve jobs in private industry for their citizens.
Shoaib Daniyal
· Mar 14, 2021 · 09:15 am
Indian economy to be hardest hit by Covid-19 despite recovery, predicts new OECD report
The high growth in 2021 cannot undo the damage caused by the country’s harsh lockdown.
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· Mar 10, 2021 · 09:00 am
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Why the small turnout at Modi’s Kolkata rally should not worry the BJP
A significant amount of campaigning now happens through TV and social media where the BJP dominates.
Shoaib Daniyal
· Mar 08, 2021 · 07:30 am
The finance commission’s creation of a special defence fund is a setback to Indian federalism
The fund sets a troubling precedent which could force cash-strapped states to pay for the functions of the much richer Centre.
Shoaib Daniyal
· Mar 03, 2021 · 09:00 am
Bengal is seeing a Sushant Rajput-style moral panic over BJP leader’s arrest with cocaine
The media frenzy could end up hurting the opposition BJP in the upcoming Assembly elections.
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· Feb 25, 2021 · 06:30 am
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