The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed the central armed forces to remain deployed in West Bengal for 10 days after the results for the July 8 panchayat elections are declared on July 11."There had been instances of post-poll violence in .
UPDATED: May 10, 2021 09:40 IST
Hattrick CM Mamata during the election campaign, at a rally in Jalpaiguri
IT was dusk on May 2 by the time news came that Mamata Banerjee had created history yet again. With a hat-trick of victories, and having secured more than 200 seats for the second time, her party, the All-India Trinamool Congress (TMC), had surpassed all expectations. The enduring image of this election will be of the wheelchair-bound Mamata, a wounded tigress who fought alone against the entire might of the BJP, including the prime minister. Anti-incumbency, allegations of corruption and minority appeasement, sexist tauntsMamata braved them all, and in the end her party was the only one left standing, winning 213 of the 292 seats (elections to two seats have been deferred). By bringing the relentless BJP juggernaut to a halt, her status in Bengal has been upgraded from Didi to that of a Durga. Mamata has exposed the claims of the Modi-Shah duo’s reputed invincibility as a me
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TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee vists Kalighat Temple after trends show her partys win in the State Assembly Election 2021, in Kolkata, Sunday, May 2, 2021. Photo: PTI
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It was heartening for many of us to witness the massive mandate with which Mamata Banerjee beat the countryâs biggest political party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in the 2021 West Bengal assembly polls.