India, July 12 -- U-turns mark Saayoni's controversial political journey as she joins TMC rebel camp after party's Bengal polls setback

Jadavpur MP Saayoni Ghosh's political career has followed a familiar arc: ideological flexibility rewarded with rapid promotion, followed by allegations of financial impropriety, and finally, when the wind changes direction, a swift and self-serving exit. Her journey from a Left-leaning television actress to Mamata Banerjee's handpicked youth face, and now to a rebel MP flirting with the NDA, raises uncomfortable questions about political conviction versus naked opportunism.

Before she was the poster child of Trinamool youth politics, Ghosh was known for her sympathies with the Left and her open critici...