A new chapter to the History of Bengal

A leader was born in Bengal in the year 1984. Her destiny was written as a terminator of 34 years rule of CPM. Giant killer, Mamata Banerjee at a rally in Maidan on January 5, 1985, soon after winning the Jadavpur seat in 1984 defeating Somnath Chatterjee. 

Mamata Banerjee started her political carrier by demolish of stalwarts and creating history since 1984 when she defeated CPM stalwart Somnath Chatterjee from Jadavpur constituency, to become one of India’s youngest Parliamentarians. After 27 years of her continuous struggle against the  regimented ruling party, finally she won her battle and reached to her destination. 13 May 2011 election results came as a shock to the ruling party. Even to the public, because everybody knew there is wind for TMC but public  never imagined that wind will turn into a  Tsunami which uprooted and swept away all giant-like trees like Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee (Chief Minister), Nirupam Sen (Industry), Asim Dasgupta (Finance), Gautam Deb (housing). Ashoke Bhattacharya and many more.

Mamata with Rajiv Gandhi at Netaji Bhawan, Kolkata

In 2009, I wrote in a blog post that "After her stunning performance in the recent Lok Sabha polls, Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee making it clear that she was now thinking beyond Trinamool’s role as an Opposition party, she gave a hint of her priorities as the leader of the party in power in the state in 2011". That was my blog post under a heading "Didi sees road to Writers' Building". After two years - She has finally reached to her destination.

 Victory Rally at Esplaned on July 21, 2009,after her stunning performance in the Lokshabha poll 2009.

Her political life was full of struggle. And we must salute her for her struggle alone with a regimented party like CPM. No doubt she is courageous and in this regard she is incomparable. How CPM behaved with her, we all knew. Perhaps She took a pledge to dislodge the CPM led Government, when she (in spite of being a union Minister and Firebrand Youth Congress Chair person) was forcibly thrown out from the corridor of writers' Building by the then CM Jyoti Basu (07 Jan 1993) and was lodged in the Police lockup. After release from Lalbazar Police lockup, on the way to home, she spent some time alone at the Gandhi statue at Mayo Road crossing at 0100 AM night. It was perhaps in this moment of solitude she took a pledge to enter Writers’ only after dislodging the CPM from power. Perhaps her destiny was rewritten by God that day. Today CPM has been thrown out from the Writers' in a democratic process and made her way smooth to Writers'.