A founding member of the INDIA bloc, the DMK was the Congress’s dependable and steadfast ally in the fractious alliance so far. Their bitter split will cast a shadow on the alliance's cohesion and coordination in Parliament.
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
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.
By calling her outfit Telangana Rashtra Sena, which echoes the name of KCR’s original party, Kavitha stakes her claim to her father’s legacy of spearheading the movement for Telangana’s statehood