Poll analysis: Bengal Tigress Didi fights off powerful opposition; emerges third time lucky
But BJP’s ascent from 3 to 77 seat is no less impressive; Muslims ignored the Congress plus Left combine and voted en bloc for Didi; Most of the turncoats bit the dust, barring a couple of them; Journalist Swapan Dasgupta tipped to be the BJP CM lost; Didi tapped the sympathy by hanging her injured leg from a wheelchair throughout the poll campaign.
By M A Siraj| Updated: 7th May 2021 10:04 pm IST
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a public rally while sitting on a wheelchair, ahead of the state assembly polls, in Purulia district, Monday, March 15, 2021. (PTI Photo)