India, June 6 -- Mamata Banerjee no longer holds a seat in any House, and the party she formed is no longer in her control in the Bengal assembly. Having lost her assembly seat in last month's defeat to the BJP, the Trinamool Congress chief is reportedly weighing a return to Parliament now after nearly two decades through a by-election. She has already reshuffled the organisation a bit to try and steady it. But her alleged search for a seat for herself has pulled in an unlikely name on Saturday: Sourav Ganguly.

The former Indian cricket captain, who has cult hero status in Bengal in particular, issued a clarification on Saturday, saying he is not a player at all in this game.

For Mamata Banerjee, 71, a reshuffle came first amid a wideni...