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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.
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The West Bengal assembly election has been cynosure of all eyes with BJP raising the stakes. Illustration: The Wire/PTI.
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Trinamool makes strong inroads into Junglemahal
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Trinamool makes strong inroads into Junglemahal. Image Source: IANS News
Kolkata, May 4 : An aggressive presence of Trinamool Congress in the Junglemahal seats took the air out of BJP s sail in the recently concluded Assembly elections in West Bengal in which the ruling party cruised to a landslide victory.
In the last Lok Sabha elections in 2019, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was ahead in all the 40 Assembly segments in the Junglemahal area comprising four districts Purulia, Bankura, Paschim Medinipur and Jhargam.
However, this time the Trinamool has snatched 25 seats from the saffron brigade, proclaiming that it has been successful in winning back the confidence of the tribal population of the region.
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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.
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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.