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'Natun Bangla' ('New Bengal') was the key slogan of the Congress(I) campaign.<ref name=in1987/> The star campaigner of Congress(I) was Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who was flown in from Delhi and toured the state.<ref name=in1987>''India Today''. ''[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/west-bengal-cm-jyoti-basu-attacks-rajiv-gandhis-failure-to-resolve-national-problems/1/336851.html West Bengal: Basu vs Gandhi]''</ref><ref name="Bose2013">{{cite book|author=Sumantra Bose|title=Transforming India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=reiwAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA138|date=16 September 2013|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-72819-6|page=138}}</ref> At the time Gandhi enjoyed significant popularity, especially amongst urban upper-middle class sectors.<ref name="Bose2013"/> Gandhi was accompanied by West Bengal Congress(I) chief [[Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi]] on the campaign trail.<ref name=in1987/> Striking a populist tone, Gandhi promised development in West Bengal and to create a million new jobs.<ref name=in1987/> | 'Natun Bangla' ('New Bengal') was the key slogan of the Congress(I) campaign.<ref name=in1987/> The star campaigner of Congress(I) was Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, who was flown in from Delhi and toured the state.<ref name=in1987>''India Today''. ''[http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/west-bengal-cm-jyoti-basu-attacks-rajiv-gandhis-failure-to-resolve-national-problems/1/336851.html West Bengal: Basu vs Gandhi]''</ref><ref name="Bose2013">{{cite book|author=Sumantra Bose|title=Transforming India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=reiwAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA138|date=16 September 2013|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-72819-6|page=138}}</ref> At the time Gandhi enjoyed significant popularity, especially amongst urban upper-middle class sectors.<ref name="Bose2013"/> Gandhi was accompanied by West Bengal Congress(I) chief [[Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi]] on the campaign trail.<ref name=in1987/> Striking a populist tone, Gandhi promised development in West Bengal and to create a million new jobs.<ref name=in1987/> | ||
The Congress(I) campaign, whilst being boosted by Gandhi, suffered from internal dissent in party ranks.<ref name=in1987/> Congress(I) heavy-weights [[Subrata Mukherjee]] and [[Soumen Mitra]] led a revolt against the party leadership.<ref name=in1987/> And [[Pranab Mukherjee]] had floated his Rashtriya Samajbadi Congress, breaking away from Congress(I).<ref name=in1987/> | The Congress(I) campaign, whilst being boosted by Gandhi, suffered from internal dissent in party ranks.<ref name=in1987/> Congress(I) heavy-weights [[Subrata Mukherjee]] and [[Somen Mitra|Soumen Mitra]] led a revolt against the party leadership.<ref name=in1987/> And [[Pranab Mukherjee]] had floated his Rashtriya Samajbadi Congress, breaking away from Congress(I).<ref name=in1987/> | ||
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{{West Bengal assembly elections}} | {{West Bengal assembly elections}} | ||
[[Category:1987 State Assembly elections in India]] | [[Category:1987 State Assembly elections in India|West Bengal]] | ||
[[Category:State Assembly elections in West Bengal]] | [[Category:State Assembly elections in West Bengal]] | ||
[[Category:1980s in West Bengal]] | [[Category:1980s in West Bengal]] | ||