Mamata Banerjee’s ability to seamlessly mould herself into the rallying point for the Opposition seeking to upstage the BJP in the Lok Sabha elections was in full display at the Brigade rally on Saturday. After the rally, Mamata hosted the Opposition leaders at a tea session at Soujanya, a government guesthouse for VVIPs in Alipore, in the evening. The Bengal chief minister, indeed, had reason to be happy with the outcome of the “United India” rally, several Trinamul leaders said. We were not sure whether such a rally would yield us political dividends,” said a senior Trinamul leader. In her message, Sonia wished the rally all success and said the upcoming Lok Sabha polls would be an election to “restore the nation’s faith in democracy”.

Source: The Telegraph January 19, 2019 19:52 UTC