West Bengal Left and Congress seek revival after Trinamool collapse

The Story in Brief

The Left Front and Congress are seeking political space in West Bengal after the Trinamool Congress lost power in the 2026 Assembly election and suffered factional splits, Frontline reports. The CPI(M) won one of 294 seats, with a 4.45% vote share, while the Congress won two seats with 2.97%. Both parties had drawn a blank in 2021.

Frontline says 64 MLAs in the larger Trinamool faction have adopted a softer stance towards the BJP government, while 20 of the party’s 28 Lok Sabha MPs and three Rajya Sabha MPs joined the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance. The CPI(M), CITU and All India Kisan Sabha have since led protests against evictions and demolitions without rehabilitation or alternative livelihoods.

The Indian Opinion

The easy story is that the Trinamool’s troubles automatically hand the Left and Congress a comeback. That is premature. Their combined record remains weak, and the CPI(M)’s 4.45% vote share shows how far its organisation has fallen. Street protests can rebuild trust only if they become sustained local work, not brief resistance campaigns. The next test is whether these parties can convert support for eviction victims into votes across constituencies, rather than remain visible only in Kolkata’s rallies.

Source: frontline.thehindu.com

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