Bengal did choose its own daughter, and embraced so many more
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Last Updated: May 04, 2021, 05:51 PM IST
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Women candidates, irrespective of their political affiliation, are basking in electoral glory, with several female nominees emerging triumphant in the high-octane elections, including TMCs Ratna Chatterjee, Shashi Panja and Chandrima Bhattacharya, and BJPs Agnimitra Paul, Chandana Bauri and Tapasi Mondal.
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By the afternoon of May 2, it was loud and clear that women as well as men in West Bengal had not just chosen one daughter - Mamata Banerjee - but several others.
Large hoardings put up by the TMC which screamed Bangla Nijer Meyekei Chaye(Bengal wants her own daughter) in the run-up to the assembly polls were possibly put with an eye on the decisive 49 per cent female electorate in the state whose votes were being wooed both by Bengals tigress Mamata Banerjee and her rivals in BJP.
Didi returns: Bengal did choose its own daughter, and embraced so many more
By the afternoon of May 2, it was loud and clear that women as well as men in West Bengal had not just chosen one daughter - Mamata Banerjee - but several others.
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KOLKATA: Large hoardings put up by the TMC which screamed Bangla Nijer Meyekei Chaye (Bengal wants her own daughter) in the run-up to the assembly polls were possibly installed with an eye on the decisive 49 per cent female electorate in the state, whose votes were being wooed both by Bengal tigress Mamata Banerjee and rival BJP.
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