Opinion | Why TMC’s 'Eggcesses' Have Led To 'Eggstraordinary' Reactions

Rotten eggs as the weapon of choice for infuriated local people targeting TMC leaders and cadres have been a defining feature of the public backlash in Bengal.

Those who lived through the fall of the Communist regimes at the end of the 20th century would have a feeling of déjà vu: the elation of people at being freed from the yoke of authoritarian rule; the violent expression of that ‘liberation’ — remember the end of the Ceaușescu couple in Romania — amid an avalanche of evidence of egregious abuses of power by the charmed circle; and corruption that led to the unbelievable accumulation of wealth by a few. This is also Bengal, circa 2026.

It is easy to be distracted by the “tor-phor" — splits — happening among the MLAs and MPs of Bengal’s formerly invincible ruling party, especially as it seems that many of them are more concerned about saving their skins than thinking about the political future of their outfit. But the fact is that the All India Trinamool Congress (better known as the TMC than the AITC) has been exposed as possibly the most corrupt political party in the country, and most of its members are feeling the heat.

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