Mamata Banerjee With the assembly elections right around the corner in West Bengal, TMC is facing threats from BJP on one side and AIMIM, on the other, to usurp the political party from their position of power. While BJP is directly competing with TMC, AIMIM has stretched its hands towards the Muslim voter base, who make up 30% of West Bengal’s population. More trouble has spelled out for Mamata Banerjee, with the quitting of their ministers’ months before the assembly election. From the deserting of Suvendu Adhikari, a senior minister in TMC who allegedly joined hands with BJP to the recent resignation of Laxmi Ratan Shukla, TMC’s MLA and minister, who has quit the party to pursue his former profession as a cricketer, TMC is dealing with blows one after another.