Second Pandemic Wave Tests India’s Reforms and its Leader’s Popularity
... Bengal addressing thousands of people at election rallies was not enough to challenge Mamata Banerjee, India’s only female chief minister, leader of All India Trinamool Congress, West Bengal’s most popular party, and an irreconcilable critic of Narendra Modi. M. Banerjee won the elections in West Bengal for the third time in a row. Voting lasted a record time and was held in eight rounds – in March and partially in April. M. Banerjee’s party won 216 out of 294 seats in the legislative assembly of West Bengal. The BJP secured ...