There’s no grand conspiracy

Mamata Banerjee must review her pro-minority policies

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that This she was did utilisednot care by for her the opponents majority to religiouscreate the sections. impression On Thursday,Congress MLA locals and vandaliseda former popularthe house footballer,of the local Dipendu Trinamool Biswas, he wonin Basirhat,by 20,000 votesand alsoin thea ruling assembly party polls. office. In Only North a 24 year Parganas ago, district, In the BengalTMC trouncedshe has 211 opponentsMLAs in ina house27 out of of 294.33 constituencies.It is not difficult for the chief minister to understand where her magic failed. She should not blame everything on a class 11 student, or on ‘conspiracies’ against her government.