In the 187 seats that saw over 5,000 names deleted, the BJP won or was leading in 119. Of these 187 constituencies, the number of excluded voters was higher than the margin of victory or leads in 47.
She, the uprooter of the Left, is the provider of cash transfers and welfare schemes. This second contest may be playing out not so much as Didi vs SIR/EC/BJP. It is, more, Didi vs Didi.
"Everyone saw what happened. How our chief minister was insulted. This will go against the BJP," said Sovandeb Chatterjee, a senior TMC leader who was present at the public meeting.
