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BBCJun 8, 2026, 10:44 PM

How one of India's most successful female politicians is losing her party

Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress party is fracturing after losing power in West Bengal, with roughly three-quarters of its legislators and about 20 of its 28 MPs moving to abandon the party leadership barely a month after electoral defeat.

Supporters of the All India Trinamool Congress party attend a rally of Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee ahead of the second phase of the legislative assembly elections in Kolkata on April 27, 2026. (Photo by Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP via Getty Images)
Supporters of the All India Trinamool Congress party attend a rally of Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee ahead of the second phase of the legislative assembly elections in Kolkata on April 27, 2026. (Photo by Dibyangshu SARKAR / AFP via Getty Images) — Photograph: BBC
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