The TMC chief will enter the race for Bengal with the baggage she has created for herself in ten years tied to her ankles
File photo of Mamata Banerjee. PTI
In Bengal, fields of white kaash flowers are harbingers of Durga Puja and fields of blood herald elections.
The auspicious one has passed. The ominous one is fast approaching.
The state BJP alleges that goons of the ruling TMC have brazenly murdered more than 120 of its workers and leaders. It says Mamata Banerjee’s regime is trying to quell its spectacular rise by the use of terror.
Banerjee retains strong mass appeal among large sections of the state’s electorate. Her simplicity, street-fighter courage and grassroots connect still present a…