Can Mamata save TMC from splitting after losing Bengal?

Team TOI PlusTNN & Agencies
May 6, 2026 | 15:45 IST
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After a decisive electoral defeat in West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee faces her toughest political reset in decades. Can a leader forged in agitation rebuild a weakened organisation, reclaim public trust, and reposition herself against an entrenched Bharatiya Janata Party government?



Fifteen years after she stormed Writers’ Buildings and ended the Left’s 34-year rule in Bengal, Mamata Banerjee has suffered the most damaging defeat of her political career.
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