KOLKATA: It was an election with many firsts for Mamata Banerjee. In a career spanning almost four decades, she had never contested a seat outside south Kolkata much less against an estranged aide who jumped ship a few months prior to the polls. A spate of further poll-eve defections posed another unfamiliar challenge. A much-discussed leg injury just when the bid for a third term appeared in need of a leg-up ensured that Mamata, known to always walk the extra mile, spent almost the entire 50-day campaign in a wheelchair.
Not all of what she had to contend with was unexpected. For Mamata, who began her electoral journey with a Lok Sabha win in 1984, the 2019 general elections that saw BJP wresting 18 out of 42 Lok Sabha seats in her citadel marked the start of a new political curve. Instead of the Left Front and Congress, her primary opponent in the 2021 race for Bengal was now BJP, which was eager to build on its gains in 121 assembly segments.
Part of Prashant Kishor s house in Bihar demolished for road widening project
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February 13, 2021 20:48 IST
The house was built by Shrikant Pandey, late father of the former key aide of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar
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Prashant Kishor. File
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The house was built by Shrikant Pandey, late father of the former key aide of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar A portion of political strategist Prashant Kishors paternal residence was on Saturday pulled down by the authorities who said the razed part of the property fell on land acquired for the widening of a national highway.
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