Mamata won despite PM, ministers campaigning in West Bengal: Maharashtra CM
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Last Updated: May 02, 2021, 06:54 PM IST
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In a statement, Thackeray said Banerjee led the fight for Bengal s self respect single-handedly, adding that all credit goes to the Bengal tigress for the win .
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday congratulated Bengal tigress and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee for single-handedly leading her party to victory in the West Bengal Assembly polls. The TMC was leading in over 200 of the 292 seats that went to polls in the eastern state.
In a statement, Thackeray said Banerjee led the fight for Bengal s self respect single-handedly, adding that all credit goes to the Bengal tigress for the win .
In West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee s Trinamool Congress, as per the trends, is leading in 209 seats, while the BJP is leading in only 81 seats, not likely to cross even 100.As t
NEW DELHI: With Mamata Banerjee powering the Trinamool Congress to a landslide victory in West Bengal overcoming 10 years of anti-incumbency, a full-throttle BJP campaign and a rebellious former lieutenant, she has become the natural leader to guide the Opposition s politics against the BJP in the coming days, some leaders said Sunday.
The TMC s victory in the keenly, and at times acrimoniously, fought elections in the state comes barely a month after Banerjee wrote to Opposition leaders urging them to unite against the BJP.
The TMC s success in many ways is being seen as a victory of the non-saffron parties whose leaders were quick to congratulate her, even though she trailed her former lieutenant, but now BJP leader, Suvendu Adhikari, in Nandigram.
India News: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has won from the Nandigram constituency by a narrow margin of 1,200 votes. Mamata chose Nandigram over her home turf Bh
But Adhikari’s connection with this belt goes further back. Among the 19 Lok Sabha seats TMC won in 2009, he clinched the Tamluk seat, which includes Nandigram.
His grip over the agricultural cooperative banks, which extend seasonal credit to farmers, helped Trinamool win big here in 2011, and brought Banerjee to power. Even today, his hold on Midnapore East and West districts, and on Purulia and Bankura, is undeniable.
Yet, Adhikari, son of former Union minister Sishir Adhikari, got off to a choppy start in the party. After the 2011 win, Mukul Roy was tasked to manage the party in the districts where Adhikari held sway. Leaders loyal to him were either replaced or not given party roles. As Kolkata-based leaders got meaty roles, Adhikari felt sidelined.