The Economic Times

Down but not out! BJP set to paint another state in saffron as Bengals Didi shown the door

West Bengals 2026 election is beginning to look like a political map being redrawn, with old equations giving way to new alignments. The BJPs current edge hints at a shift, but Bengal rarely moves in straight lines. Mamata Banerjees career reflects that pattern from student politics to forming the TMC in 1998 and ending Left rule in 2011, repeatedly turning setbacks into comebacks. In Bengal, even political tides rarely settle.