Hope of a turnaround, cut money, EVM versus ballot and ways to combat the BJP — these were among the most talked-about issues among Trinamul supporters at Sunday’s rally. Metro spoke to Trinamul workers and supporters to get an idea of how the grassroots were seeing the change in the party’s fortune. Many other Trinamul supporters this newspaper spoke to expressed a similar hope. Cut money challengeCut money, the two most uttered words in Bengal politics now, dominated discussions at the rally venue. Mukhia from Darjeeling’s Sukhiapokhri said he had expected a better performance by Trinamul in the Lok Sabha elections.

Source: The Telegraph July 21, 2019 21:17 UTC