Mamata Banerjee loves to paint herself as the ultimate anti-BJP crusader. But her own history tells a completely different, far more convenient story.

Back in 1999, she happily joined the BJP-led nda government and became Railway Minister. After a brief walkout in 2001 over the Tehelka scandal, she crawled right back in 2003, eventually becoming Coal and Mines Minister. In a 2001 BBC interview, she openly declared: “BJP is our natural ally.”

She attended RSS events, addressed their top leaders as “true patriots,” and was showered with praise. bjp leaders called her “Hamari pyari Mamatadi, sakshaat Durga.” RSS mouthpiece Panchajanya hailed her as “Bengal ki Durga” and later praised her austere lifestyle, saying india needed more leaders like her.

Fast forward to today.

She leads massive protests against NRC and CAA, yet mysteriously lets eight of her own MPs skip the crucial lok sabha vote that helped pass the bill. When anurag thakur chanted controversial slogans, violence erupted in her state within days. Her own co-founder, Mukul Roy, bounced between TMC and bjp like a yo-yo, even declaring “BJP = TMC.”

In 2022, TMC abstained from supporting their own candidate and openly backed the NDA’s jagdeep dhankhar for Vice President. And in a stunning 2022 statement, she said: “Not everyone in RSS is bad.”

The pattern is crystal clear: mamata will ally with anyone, praise anyone, and flip on anyone the moment it suits her political survival. From “natural ally” to sworn enemy — it’s all theatre. Bengal’s ultimate political chameleon doesn’t stand for principles. She stands for power, at any cost.
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SIBY JEYYA

29/04/2026 03:30 AM