August 12, 2024 10:09 am
The trajectory of his political career is inseparable from the history of the Left Front in West Bengal
August 10, 2024 10:31 am
Besides strong anti-imperialist flavour and a constructive approach rooted in Bengal's ethos, culture, literature, education, paintings and films, he put the democratic movement of Bengal on a time-bound struggle for jobs and education.
August 10, 2024 5:26 am
Around 3:30 pm, Bhattacharjee’s final journey began from Alimuddin street, with thousands of supporters waving red flags.
August 09, 2024 6:13 pm
As CM, he put everything on the line for the industrialisation of West Bengal. He did so to prevent brain drain from the state and so that young people could get jobs
August 10, 2024 8:20 am
Mamata ‘always tried to attack his credibility’, say CPI (M).
August 09, 2024 2:41 am
Comrade Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee is no more. However, the contradictions that he was seeking to resolve are becoming more alive with every passing day, with every passing moment.
August 09, 2024 2:13 am
Describing Bhattacharjee as an “honest, well-read man, dedicated to his ideology,” Jadavpur University professor Santwan Chattopadhyay said, “Today, when criminalization, corruption are rampant, we can only look back at him with utmost respect.”
August 09, 2024 2:10 am
The body of Bhattacharjee, wrapped with the CPI(M)'s red flag, was moved out of his frugal two-room residence at Palm Avenue in south Kolkata to Peace World on Thursday for people to pay their respects.
August 09, 2024 2:03 am
“He (Buddhadeb) will remain in the minds of the people... He will be remembered for his work,” Banerjee told the media outside the veteran CPI(M) leader’s residence. The TMC government also declared a holiday on Thursday.
August 08, 2024 10:38 pm
Perhaps his more rooted background was a reason he did not see through many of the gambits of elites, in politics and beyond. He may have missed how and why so many of India's most powerful ganged up against him during his last term as CM