Mamata Banerjee: The rise and fall of the gritty street fighter
In West Bengal, where rajpather rajneeti (street politics) marked by rallies and violent agitations, or desolate roads during general strikes (bandhs), steered the course of post-Independence governance – from the Congress to the Left Front in 1977 and then from the Communists to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in 2011 – Mamata Banerjee stood out as…
