It is becoming very difficult for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to digest the crushing defeat in West Bengal. This is the reason why he, in his usual style, refused to even resign a day after the results. It is also natural for Mamta, who is stubborn, to do so. After all, he was confident that hounding everyone from the Election Commission and the Central Government to the Supreme Court on the issue of SIR would give him electoral gains, but the results surprised him. All his efforts did not work in overcoming the anti-incumbency wave.
During the elections, Mamata Banerjee raised her voice strongly that the names of a large number of voters were being deleted in the name of SIR in Bengal. He accused the commission of working at the behest of the central government. By presenting arguments as a public petitioner in the Supreme Court, he proved that whether it was on the streets of Kolkata or in the court of Delhi, he had not lost his tendency to fight till the end. But the results show that SIR did not prove to be a weapon for Trinamool to neutralize the anti-incumbency wave.
Mamata was under siege on many fronts, from teacher recruitment scam to corruption allegations against party colleagues. The issue of women’s safety along with law and order was a big issue and this also became the reason for the crushing defeat of Trinamool Congress. In 2021 too, Mamata had to face a tough challenge from the Modi-led saffron party, but then she was successful in winning on the basis of welfare schemes and appeal to protect Bengali culture from outsiders.
This time he launched the Yuva Sathi Yojana (a monthly assistance of Rs 1,500 for unemployed tenth pass students aged 21 to 40) and increased the allocation for the Lakshmi Bhandar Yojana for women from Rs 1,200 to Rs 1,500 per month. More than 81 lakh people of Bengal (more than 10% of the voters) registered in the Yuva Sathi scheme, but when they reached the polling stations, they probably did not find the scheme suitable to vote for Trinamool.
Situation will change in India alliance also
Bengal, which witnessed unexpected political changes, shattered his dream of becoming Chief Minister for the fourth consecutive time. If Trinamool had won this time, Mamata would have achieved the title of longest-ruling woman Chief Minister. Not only this, his role as a strong pillar of the opposition alliance India would also have been strengthened. The most surprising thing is that Mamata herself had to face defeat in her stronghold Bhawanipur also.
40% vote share is the only relief for Trinamool
BJP has defeated Trinamool Congress on 207 seats in Bengal, but what is a bit of a relief for the Trinamool supremo is that the party has been successful in getting more than 40 percent vote share. However, this defeat has brought the 71-year-old militant leader back to the same point from where he started politics. Now it has to be seen to what extent she can take street politics at this stage of her age.
Fact also: Out of the 20 seats where maximum names were dropped, Trinamool won 13 seats.
Initial analysis on what role SIR played in the results of Bengal shows that out of the 20 seats where maximum number of voters’ names were deleted, 13 were in Trinamool’s account. At the same time, BJP won on six seats and Congress won on one. Another trend shows that out of the 187 seats from where more than 5,000 names were removed, the BJP won 119. In 47 of these 187 constituencies, the number of voters removed was more than the margin or lead of victory. TMC won 65 of these 187 seats, in 18 of which the number of removed voters was more than the victory margin.
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