
INTERESTING: Shiv Sena redux being played out now with TMC in West Bengal in fast forward mode. Carrot and stick politics: those TMC MLAs/MPs with ED/CBI skeletons in their cupboard and in need of ‘protection’ or inducements most vulnerable to splitting/defecting. Two MAJOR differences between Maharashtra and Bengal: 1) Shiv Sena was in power so the split led to a change in govt and a power sharing ‘deal’. In Bengal, TMC is out of power after 15 years 2) the founder of TMC @MamataOfficial is down but not out yet , in Maharashtra ‘Supremo’ Balasaheb Thackeray had passed away. Which is why the ‘rebel’ MLAs are forced to say for public purposes that Mamta Banerjee is still their Leader. Ironically, the ‘leader’ of revolt is a former Left leader in @RitabrataBanerj while the real ‘mastermind’ is @SuvenduWB a former Mamta aide, now BJP’s CM in Bengal who is also settling scores with his great rival @abhishekaitc . Net net: there will be more twists ahead but for now another regional force facing an existential crisis in a BJP-dominant political universe.


























