Letter to BS: Mamata has a wider strategy to capture the anti-BJP space

Since the compulsion of state politics is at times at variance with the national narrative needs to be interpreted as her wider political strategy

As a major face of the Opposition protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), the decision of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee (pictured) to skip the meeting convened by Congress President Sonia Gandhi on January 13 to discuss the Opposition’s future strategy is unfortunate. However, one cannot rush to conclude it as a major crack within the ranks of the Opposition. Since the compulsion of state politics is at times at variance with the national narrative, the moves of  Banerjee, who had hitherto positioned herself as a relentless crusader against the CAA, needs to be interpreted as her wider