Monday, March 16, 2026

Why focus of Bengal politics now shifts to Ballygunge? ::::: Can Mamata shift to Ballygunge and 'run away' from Bhawanipore ?

The BJP has succeeded about one thing. It's like the first taste of blood. The announcement made by the Lotus party that her die-hard detractor and 2021 giant killer Suvendu Adhikari will contest from Bhawanipore and Nandigram has already had its impact. 


The talk of the town ... is 'Banglar's one-time Agni Kanya' may now shift to Ballygunge - which has over 30 per cent Muslim voters as against only about 20-22 minority community electorate in Bhawanipore. 












Mamata Banerjee has come a long way in life and political graph. In a country where politics has always been male-dominated and dynastic, she was a genuine outsider — a law and history graduate from a lower-middle-class family.


She took on the once dominant communists as she carried a Santiniketan bag to political rallies and walked on bathroom slippers. 


That image worked. In a state devastated and exhausted by Left goondaism, it was exactly what people wanted to see. 


However, the 2026 polls in two-phases have a Pandora's Box for her . A box full of challenges. 

One of them is Bhawanipore assembly segment in Kolkata city appears no longer a safe constituency for her.


 

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Why focus of Bengal politics now shifts to Ballygunge? ::::: Can Mamata shift to Ballygunge and 'run away' from Bhawanipore ?

The BJP has succeeded about one thing. It's like the first taste of blood. The announcement made by the Lotus party that her die-hard de...