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Who are key women TMC leaders considered close to Mamata Banerjee?
short by Garima Garg / on Monday, 13 April, 2026
CM Mamata Banerjee-led TMC fielded 52 women candidates for West Bengal elections and also boasts several women MPs. The candidates include 70-year-old Chandrima Bhattacharya (Dumdum North), 63-year-old Shashi Panja (Shyampukur), and 43-year-old Birbaha Hansda (Binpur). MPs include Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar, Dola Sen, Mahua Moitra, Sagarika Ghose, and Menaka Guruswamy, India's first openly LGBTQ+ MP.