Behrampore: Prestige Fight For Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee is not contesting this general election. But if there is one seat where she is fighting in spirit if not in the flesh, it is Behrampore against Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. In February, she was in Parliament when Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury attacked the Trinamool in the chit fund scam. Mamata Banerjee was furious and had a near-quarrel with Sonia Gandhi, demanding she control her MP. In her poll rallies, Mamata Banerjee has attacked Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury politically and personally. Her candidate used to be an Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury protege. Anupam Sarkar, also called David. Mamata Banerjee is hoping David will defeat the Congress Goliath. But Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury is no pushover. He claims Mamata Banerjee is keeping her post poll options open. She's been talking of good BJP and bad BJP and could well join hands with Good BJP if it wins the polls. A Congress-Trinamool alliance? Over my dead body, he says. What if Rahul Gandhi needs Mamata Banerjee in a post poll scene. No comments, says Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. It is hypothetical.