But Bengalis only voted her to power

Really? Wow, that changes things now, doesn't it?

And here I was labouring under the impression that she spawned from the remnants of cadre-raj into a mutated form of the same cadre-raj - with the same thugs that ran the CPI(M) Machine for 34 years and added Islamist thugs into the mix because #diversitygoals .

Maybe I'm wrong- but unless National Parties enter the rough and tumble of street cadre politics, Bengal is stuck between the devil and the deep sea- and therefore prone to tolerating true yet simplistic thoughts of the nature that " Bengalis only voted her to power."

Who do you vote into power, if at all, when victory in elections is directly related to cadre-strength and perceived "influence" in matters of local governance- basically a highly reactive mindset of politics as opposed to a mind set of proactive governance- a culture so deeply entrenched in Bengal owing to 34 years of booth-capturing, poll-day violence and what not.

Strangely however, such simplistic drivel , in itself delivers a cogent understanding of the strategy of Muslim appeasement by way of changing the demographics of an entire region and thus ensuring that aside from the serious competitive advantage of having tremendous cadre presence, you now have the full support of a united and influential minority. Maa Maati Maanush was Marketing-speak for 3 elements- Mamata, Money, Maulvi.