After a decisive electoral defeat in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee faces her toughest political reset in decades. Can a leader forged in agitation rebuild a weakened organisation, reclaim public trust, and reposition herself against an entrenched Bharatiya Janata Party government?
Fifteen years after she stormed Writers’ Buildings and ended the Left’s 34-year rule in Bengal, Mamata Banerjee has suffered the most damaging defeat of her political career.