India, April 22 -- West Bengal is a unique state in India on a count which is often not appreciated enough. Political power has changed hands only once in the state since 1977. This happened in 2011, when the Trinamool Congress, led by Mamata Banerjee ended the 34-year long rule of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI (M) led Left Front in the state. The CPI (M) in the state has atrophied for all practical purposes. It could not win even a constituency in the state in 2019 Lok Sabha, 2021 assembly and 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been the main opposition party in all of these elections. Its performance was the best in 2019 Lok Sabha elections when it was just three percentage points behind the TM...