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Abhishek Banerjee is now on mute mode after BJP sweeps West Bengal

Abhishek Banerjee made over-the-top threats to unleash his fury if the BJP came to power in Bengal. Then the results came. And, poof, he just went from ‘full volume’ to ‘airplane mode’.

New Delhi: Abhishek Banerjee could be heard everywhere in the weeks before the West Bengal Assembly election. The TMC honcho and Mamata Banerjee’s nephew just needed a microphone to scream his lungs out, openly challenging the BJP and Home Minister Amit Shah with calls of, “Come here, fight here, try your luck here.” He also promised several times to unleash his fury if BJP came to power.

But after the BJP swept the West Bengal Assembly elections, bagging 206 seats of the 294, his mic has gone silent. Abhishek, ‘lovingly’ known as bhaipo (meaning nephew in Bengali), has suddenly gone quiet, barring a few reposts on X and a subdued and silent appearance beside Mamata during her press conference today.

The day before results, bhaipo was still in full fighting form. In a speech, he took up cudgels over the Falta seat, which is set for a repoll on 21 May after allegations of EVM tampering at booths during the second phase of the elections on 29 April.

“If you have the courage, contest from Falta… I am telling all the big leaders sitting in........

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