The West Bengal CM has been working to distance herself from scams and to clean up her government and her party before the 2026 assembly election. Her problem is that in too many instances of wrongdoing, there is a link between the perpetrators and the Trinamool Congress and its functionaries
Central forces and observers, stern directives by successive election commissioners, independent watchdogs, media presence, angry voters, rich and resourceful political parties with wizard campaign managers — none have successfully created a strategy to curb violence in all its variety
The unidentifiable outsider as agent provocateur allows the Trinamool Congress to reiterate that the politics of hate and hostility have been imported into West Bengal and the BJP to distance itself from the aggressive presence of sword-wielding persons in its procession
