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After Bengal Defeat, Mamata Banerjee Turns Toward Delhi

Mamata Banerjee’s party lost the 2026 election in West Bengal.

Now she is spending more time working with opposition leaders in Delhi.

She and other leaders say changes to voter lists and alleged election problems need public attention.

Banerjee has said she could support Rahul Gandhi as the opposition’s choice for prime minister.

But she still has to decide how to work with Congress without giving up the party she created.

The article says her goal is to stay politically important across India, even after the loss in Bengal.

Key facts

Election outcome: The Trinamool Congress suffered a defeat in the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections.
Presidential meeting: An INDIA bloc delegation of 10 met President Droupadi Murmu to raise alleged electoral fraud.
Delegation leader: Rahul Gandhi led the delegation.
Electoral issue: Opposition parties are campaigning around the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and allegations described by Rahul Gandhi as “vote chori.”
Banerjee's stated position: She has said she would accept Rahul Gandhi as the prime ministerial candidate of a united Opposition.
Party question: The article describes a tension between national cooperation with Congress and maintaining the Trinamool Congress as an independent party.
Next election: The article discusses the approaching 2029 Lok Sabha elections.

NDTV · 2 hrs ago