Bengal election result 2021: Women voters played an instrumental role in TMC's thumping victory
Origen: Deccan Herald
M Modi’s widely popularised ‘Didi... o Didi’ taunts did not go down well with the women in a state where they are traditionally used to social equality
West Bengal resoundingly voted the Trinamool Congress back to power for a third consecutive term in the state on Sunday.
TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee may have lost from Nandigram against former aide Suvendu Adhikari, but her party won by a landslide.
This assembly election was particularly crucial for West Bengal, because the BJP was determined to assume power in a state that has always been unfamiliar territory for them. However, their ‘double engine’ plans crumbled as they won only 70 seats, compared to TMC’s 213.
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