The Deep Dive: TMC Did Exceedingly Well On Tougher Seats
The Deep Dive: TMC Did Exceedingly Well On Tougher Seats
TMC Chief Mamata Banerjee led her party to one of its biggest political victories in three decades by single-handedly stopping the BJP juggernaut in West Bengal, paving the way for her third consecutive term as chief minister.
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UPDATED: May 3, 2021 23:18 IST
A supporter of Mamata Banerjee, who won a third term as chief minister of West Bengal, celebrates in Kolkata (Picture Credits: Reuters)
The last three phases of assembly elections in West Bengal were considered tough for Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC).
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The metaphor of a lone woman fighting against the most powerful men of the country was not lost on anyone least of all, the voters of West Bengal. The clean sweep of two-third seats by Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) is also an appalling loss for the BJP leadership, which had turned the Assembly election into a personality clash by making the now infamous catcall Didi-o-Didi the signature tune of the polls. Finally, the diminutive woman in a white cotton sari and a leg in a cast prevailed against the weight of the Central government and the might of the Sangh Parivar. The scale of her success has overnight turned Banerjee into a star in the national political firmament. Even her personal loss from the Nandigram seat tells the story of a gritty woman, who took the battle to the enemy camp.
Polls Due In 2 Bengal Seats After Candidates Death Deferred Amid Covid Polls Due In 2 Bengal Seats After Candidates Death Deferred Amid Covid The Election Commission said fresh notifications will be issued after assessment of the coronavirus situation.
Bengal has been reporting over 15,000 daily cases for several days (File)
New Delhi:
Voting in two West Bengal constituencies where two candidates had died due to COVID-19 has been deferred indefinitely because of the coronavirus surge, the Election Commission said in a statement today. The Commission, after taking all material facts and inputs of CEO West Bengal and CEO Odisha in consideration and taking note of lockdown under Disaster Management Act, 2005, as issued by NDMA/SDMA, has decided to defer the scheduled poll and extend the period of elections in 110-Pipli AC of Odisha and 58-Jangipur and 56-Samserganj assembly constituencies of West Bengal, the statement read.
Bengal: TMC Wins Big in Assembly Seats Reserved for SCs, STs
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP had won 46 of the stateâs 84 seats reserved for SC and STs. This time, BJP won 39, while TMC has won 45.
TMC supporters celebrate at Bolpur in the Birbhum district of West Bengal on May 2, 2021. Photo: PTI
Politics03/May/2021
Kolkata: Mamata Banerjeeâs Trinamool Congress (TMC) appears to have significantly eroded the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)âs popularity among Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) groups, the assembly election results show.
In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP had won 46 of the stateâs 84 seats reserved for SC and STs, while the TMC had 37 seats and Congress, one.
Trinamool won a whopping 213 seats (File)
Kolkata:
The Left Front all but wiped out in Bengal s political landscape in the current elections had sympathy today from a most unexpected quarter. I am opposed to them politically but I don t want to see them as zero, said Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee comments unexpected from a woman who dislodged the Left Front s 34-year rule after spending a chunk of her political career on it. If they had won seats instead of BJP it would have been good, added Ms Banerjee, indicating that she preferred the Left to the BJP in the opposition benches of the state Assembly.