Mamata's triumphant victory in Bengal Civic polls
The verdict of the West Bengal civic polls is loud and clear. The semi-final goes to Mamata Banerjee.
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Mamata's triumphant victory in Bengal Civic pollsMamta Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) swept the Kolkata civic polls, winning 95 of the 141 seats. That's a gain of 53 seats for the TMC in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation.
Mamata's win was celebrated all across West Bengal where people came out on the streets to show their support to her.The jubiliant party workers danced and played with colour on the streets of Kolkata. -
Mamata's triumphant victoryOutside Kolkata too, the TMC surged ahead of the CPM. The battle for 81 municipalities is the semi-final for the state elections next year. Banerjee's clean sweep of Kolkata led to her party demanding that those elections be brought forward. -
Mamata's triumphant victoryBanerjee's performance gives her room to exert even more power in her relationship with the Congress, her ally at the Centre and rival in West Bengal.
The thrilled Trinamool candidates celebrated their win passionately.
