Tenacious fighter, gritty — how ‘captain’ Minakshi Mukherjee is emerging as Left’s hope in Bengal

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New Delhi: It is unusual for Ganashakti, the West Bengal mouthpiece of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), to lead with the pictures of a young Left leader that, too, for two days in a row...

On 7 January, the day the Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI), the CPI (M) youth wing, held a rally at Kolkatas historic Brigade Parade Ground, the lead picture on the front page of Ganashakti featured Minakshi Mukherjee, the state secretary of the DYFI, inspecting the arrangements for the gathering...

A day after the Insaaf (justice) rally, the publication carried an eight-column picture of Mukherjee delivering a speech at the event, which was attended by lakhs from across the state...

Out of power in West Bengal since 2011, when the Trinamool Congress brought its 34-year-long run in office to a halt, the Left Front has thrust a clutch of young faces at the forefront of its efforts to make a turnaround in the state...

Speaking to ThePrint, CPI(M) state secretary Mohammed Salim said the Brigade Parade Ground rally marked a generational shift for Left politics in West Bengal, as it will be rejuvenated by the younger generation of the state...

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