Why a defeat would have helped Mamata more!

Westbengal sprung a surprise during the recently concluded Assembly polls by giving a thumbs up verdict to Mamata Banerjee by providing her a 3rd stint at the Chief Minister's chair. However, the cruel irony is that she lost the polls to Suvendu Adhikari, an ex-Trinamool man. She fell for his bait when he challenged her to contest from Nandigram. She agreed and although singularly helped Trinamool come back to power in west Bengal, lost to Suvendu. Now the Trinamool has been unable to celebrate the victory as it's chief herself had lost the election. So much for Prashant Kishore's acumen. Although he seemed to have charted Trinamool's victory this time, he couldn't find a way against Suvendu Adhikari. With Mamata's party winning a third term, a call would come to project her as the challenger to Modi in 2024. That we feel, could be her undoing. She won this election because the minority community votes appear to have been solidly behind her. If she were to offer any challenge outside Bengal, she would have project herself as secular, which may not be again liked by her core consistuency. If she had been defeated, she could have served as a good opposition. One thing is certain, Mamata is not a smart person as is revealed by her going and contesting in Nandigram, the stronghold of Suvendu Adhikari. If she were to enjoy a peaceful reign in Calcutta, she should curtail her national ambitions. Her party, after all, is a regional one. Any regional party attempting to enter National politics would be cut to size. It happened to Chandrababu Naidu recently. He is nowhere to be seen on the Andhra Pradesh landscape, despite him being Chief Minister a few times. The same fate awaits Mamata if she were to venture into national politics. Any case, all the best for winning the Assembly elections a third time in a row!

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