Mamata manages to not get tainted by excesses of Trinamool’s strongmen, pitching herself as both a provider and a ‘victim’. So, her supporters can vote for her while dissing her party
First phase of one of the most contested elections came to a close on a whittled electorate, and a very high turnout (of 3.6cr voters ) on the 152 seats that went to the hustings yesterday. In 2021, the score for these seats was TMC 92, BJP 59.