Opinion: Mamata Is Souring Her Victory With Anti-BJP Violence
Opinion: Mamata Is Souring Her Victory With Anti-BJP Violence
Updated: May 04, 2021 2:42 pm IST
"Bengal exceptionalism" was on display on May 2 when Mamata Banerjee returned full-throttle to office for a record third term, beating back a fierce BJP challenge. But the succulence of her victory is being soured by the violence that has broken out since with gruesome killings, houses and shops being set alight and people in many villages fleeing to save their lives. Some would argue that this too is a gruesome display of "Bengal exceptionalism" (political violence has been endemic in West Bengal for decades during the Left rule, Trinamool terms in power and the recent BJP-versus-Mamata campaign).