Why did TMC win in West Bengal? By Deepak Parvatiyar May 20, 2016 - See more at: http://www.elections.in/blog/why-did-tmc-win-in-west-bengal/#sthash.aDh2kCUD.dpuf Post verdict, Didi summed it all aptly. “If a party loses its ideology, it loses everything. CPI(M)-Congress have lost everything,” said the Trinamool Congress (TMC) boss. But was that so? After all even Mamata Banerjee is known to switch affiliations – from centrist Congress to right wing National Democratic Alliance and so on! In 2011, she was the first to exploit the Congress’s support to oust the Left from power in West Bengal. This time she termed the Congress as a “creeper…” But isn’t she a hard bargainer who loves to put her finger in every pie? Mamata has emerged stronger than the last time Still to the uninitiated, Mamata has emerged stronger than the last time after winning more seats than what it had won in 2011 in West Bengal. In the process, she has not just decimated the Left but also subdue
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