Tmc articles

  • Corruption woes and CPIM-Congress alliance: The TMC’s hard road in Murshidabad

    “Nobody fulfils what we deserve as citizens. All political parties only give false promises,” said Mohammad Siraj, 60, sitting at a tea stall in Sarangpur village in Murshidabad’s Domkal. “There is no employment, no industry, nothing. Elections come and go but nobody does anything.”

    Distrust of political parties and concerns about unemployment are a recurring theme in conversations across Murshidabad, a Muslim-majority district in West Bengal. According to locals, “70 percent” of their...