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Rise of Ritabrata Banerjee: How ex-Left leader engineered Bengal's biggest political coup
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Rise of Ritabrata Banerjee: How ex-Left leader engineered Bengal's biggest political coup

Times of India · Jun 4, 2026, 2:19 PM

Why this matters: an international story with cross-border implications worth tracking.

Once a footnote in West Bengal politics, Ritabrata Banerjee has dramatically risen to become the Leader of Opposition after a sensational political shift. His journey from a CPI(M) expulsion to leading a rebellion within the TMC, now challenging the ruling party, has left the state's political lands

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