ISSUE DATE: April 19, 2021
UPDATED: April 10, 2021 00:11 IST
Didi’s day out: Mamata Banerjee leads a Trinamool Congress march in Kolkata on ‘Nandigram Divas’, Mar. 14
As the first two phases of the West Bengal assembly poll, covering 60 seats in West Midnapore, East Midnapore, Bankura, Jhargram, Purulia and South 24 Parganas, got over on April 1, the BJP claimed victory in no less than 50 seats. Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee cautiously refrained from making any prediction, or even affecting optimism beyond the victory sign she flashed while campaigning in Nandigram, where she is pitted against Suvendu Adhikari, who defected to the BJP in the run-up to the election.