Updated Mar 11, 2021 | 19:47 IST
Though the BJP has made a definitive dent in West Bengal, it would be premature to write off Mamata Banerjee.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and PM Narendra Modi  |  Photo Credit: BCCL
The heat and dust that the Prime Minister raised at Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata this Sunday raised temperatures on the 14th floor of Nabanna, Howrah. Mamata Banerjee would have been taking in the jibes, seething in the CM’s office – Narendra Modi declared “game over” aka “khela khatam” as against her slogan on “khela hobe (Let’s play)”.
Using one colloquial after another, the PM ripped apart Mamata’s administrative and governance record that he pointed was mired in corruption and scandal. He indicated to the gathered mass that she had been playing tricks with them, doing everything, from “