BENARASI GAUNTLET?

Don’t let Mamata Banerjee’s plain white saris fool you. They are no reflection of the West Bengal chief minister’s fashion designing skills. Didi has now fixed her painter’s eye on the Benarasi saris that Bengali brides wear on their wedding day. The saris will now be made by state handloom corporation, Tantuja. A state minister hints that it’s because the saris come from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency. Having taken him on over his demonetisation move, will Didi now wage a trade war?