Outgoing West Bengal CM Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and PM Narendra Modi. (File Photo) From Tussels with Governors, frequent face-offs with central agencies to withdrawal of general consent for investigation by the CBI in the state, the prolonged legal battles between the Trinamool Congress-led West Bengal government and the BJP-led Centre over the last decade have defined federal tensions. Now, with the BJP’s decisive victory in the Assembly elections, these issues will be reframed around the benefits of a “double engine”. In 2018, the West Bengal government had withdrawn the “general consent” to investigations by the CBI. The consent of a state is mandatory under the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act, 1946 for the central agency to begin a probe. The Andhra Pradesh government too had withdrawn general consent for CBI probes when the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) was at odds with the NDA government. Later, the YSRCP government under Jagan Mohan Reddy restored the general consent for CBI probes in 2019.…