'You don't win elections on the basis of borrowed players.' 'There is a great crisis of leadership for the BJP in Bengal'
A quick look at the 66-year-old leader's political journey in the mid-1970s shows how injuries and physical assaults have shaped her political career over the years.
He also accused her of nepotism by choosing to play the limited role of "bua" (aunt) to her "bhatija" (nephew) instead of becoming "Didi" (elder sister) to the people.
'They have a voracious appetite.' 'But there are many places where they go and they lose.'
In a setback to Trinamool Congress, the Supreme Court on Tuesday upheld a Calcutta high court order asking the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe the Narada sting case in which several ruling party leaders of West Bengal were allegedly caught on camera taking money.
'The TMC did not bother telling me, a sitting MLA for 20 years, why I was not being given a ticket.'
Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Saturday carried out a major reshuffle in the party set-up
The polling for the sixth phase on May 12 covers 6 states and one Union Territory.
'Mamata is synonymous with Bengal, its culture, language, traditions.'
Other strong men have stopped Modi and his hordes in states before, but none of them with a footprint or battle cry to shake up New Delhi, observes Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
'If the chief minister says there are areas in her home state where she cannot enter, where has she driven the state to!'
The BJP could win only 16 out of 57 seats where Shah campaigned.
'Mamata is an emotional person, she follows her heart.' 'We loved that Didi, we still love her, but she is a changed person.' 'Why and how the change happened, who is responsible, I can't say.'
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