How the Bengal elections just increased Mamatas dowry

June 06, 2012 16:29

An elated Trinamool Congress is singing Ekla Cholo Re(Go it alone) after the municipal elections in West Bengal. The party nabbed 72 out of 129 seats and is determined to project that as a triumphant one year report card on Mamata Banerjee's leadership.

Under normal circumstances it would be tricky to read too much into local results from a grab bag of municipal elections. But stung from months of PR disasters, the TMC had a lot riding on these elections. As did the Left and the Congress who needed to prove that disaffection with the Trinamool was real and they were the alternatives. Now the results are out.

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