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From Indianexpress RSS Feed: Mamata Banerjee arrives at Calcutta High Court in lawyer’s attire to plead post-poll violence case

Meanwhile, rumors of mass transfers and ‘revenge’ promotions within the police flooded WhatsApp groups, prompting Lalbazar, the Kolkata Police headquarters, to issue a warning.

Party insiders say leaders with experience chosen as the party now "needs experienced legislators who understand the functioning of the Assembly"

After ex-cricketer Manoj Tiwary calls the Mamata govt “corrupt” that “deserved to be cast away”, other TMC leaders like actor Dev start targeting party leadership, with some blaming Abhishek Banerjee for the debacle

Adhikari was elected the leader of the BJP’s legislature party in a meeting chaired by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Kolkata this afternoon.

First up, the new government’s priority will be to quickly catch the killers of the new CM’s aide, Chandranath Rath, and quickly put an end to sporadic incidents of post-poll violence.

Besides internal rifts, dissent against Abhishek Banerjee, and multiple cases against party leaders, TMC also faces a weak organisation and lack of second-rung leaders

Akhilesh, who was received by TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and party MP Derek O’Brien, held a meeting with the TMC leadership and hit out at the BJP and the Election Commission (EC).

The Bengal Files director Vivek Agnihotri claimed that his film was banned in West Bengal, but he showed it underground across the state during the assembly elections, where TMC chief Mamata Banerjee conceded defeat.

Congress, TMC leaders talk, Rahul expresses solidarity with Mamata’s vote loot charge. But overtures to Vijay may alienate DMK

The BJP leader played an instrumental role in the Nandigram agitation and was a close lieutenant of the TMC chief. However, he fell out with the party following Abhishek Banerjee's rise.

In hindsight, the election was about the upwardly mobile, aspirational Indians wanting “jobs” and economic opportunity.

Out of the 11 Assembly seats in Kolkata city, BJP won 6 – from Tollygunge to Kashipur-Belghachia

In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Mamata's party had bettered its tally by 7, winning 29 out of the 42 parliamentary seats in Bengal. But in the 23 months that followed, some key events are seen to have pushed the Bengal voter to the tipping point

The party did not abandon its core ideological themes; issues like 'Jai Shri Ram' and Hindutva remained in the background. But it recognised that these alone would not deliver electoral success in Bengal.…

Mamata Banerjee has alleged that the Election Commission is not sharing the data on 70-100 seats where the Trinamool is leading and assured workers that Trinamool will win by the end of the day.

Banerjee, who typically casts her vote later in the day at Mitra Institution School near her Kalighat residence, broke from her usual routine and began visiting booths before 8 am.

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Car bonnets to courtrooms, all Mamata Banerjee needs is a stage and a cause. As West Bengal votes today in one of its most decisive elections, The Indian Express on the 71-year-old who likes a good fight.

Both TMC and BJP stake prestige to clinch the key seat; Mamata's 2021 loss to Suvendu in Nandigam prompted the BJP leadership to pitch him against her in her Kolkata bastion