In FY20, its parent company, Technical Associates Infrapower Ltd, incurred a loss of Rs 75.80 crore, which included Avees Trading's financial loss of Rs 52 crore. During this period, Avees Trading purchased electoral bonds worth Rs 24 crore.

Two Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and Union ministers, both from West Bengal – Shantanu Thakur and Nisith Pramanik – have publicly announced that the Narendra Modi government plans to implement the CAA in the upcoming days.

The university has seen numerous show-cause notices and suspension orders issued to students and teachers since controversial V-C Bidyut Chakrabarty assumed his position in November 2018.

A gruesome death has become a pawn to settle political scores in the state. In a pattern familiar with institutions like JNU, politically active students have become likely villains.

In a state where access to political power plays a crucial role in the lives and livelihoods of the poor, the competition to secure it has grown particularly intense. 

The Balasore incident highlights the dire situation in rural Bengal, where pervasive corruption and lack of job opportunities push people to seek better fortune elsewhere.

The motivation behind the West Bengal chief minister's decision, many think, has more to do with garnering political support from a specific community than the official reason of "maintaining public order".