Earlier this year, a grand event was organised by the centre government to mark the 150th anniversary of the song being written by Bengali novelist Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay.
The BJP government has ordered the immediate closure of unauthorised toll or drop gates or barricades that were running on district, urban and rural roads illegally during the tenure of the Mamata Banerjee government.
So the real question is: How will Mamata Banerjee spend her days now? It is probably a question troubling her own mind as well. Fortunately, there is no shortage of alternative career ideas for her.
The 2026 results have not merely challenged that narrative. They have dismantled it from within, not through counter-argument, but through the choices of the communities the narrative claimed to represent.
After all, Bengal, and Kolkata in particular, was the industrial hub of India at one point so Mamata Di will help to reignite that industrialism in that state in partnership with the new government.
The repoll was ordered after locals in the area alleged that TMC cadres threatened and intimidated them during the polls. Now, security personnel from CRPF and RAF have been deployed in the area.