Why Abhishek, and not Mamata Banerjee, is facing the most anger in West Bengal

Key points

• A curious scene unfolded outside TMC General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee's south Kolkata residence on May 11. Two men appeared at the spot, one of them wearing a large photograph of Banerjee over his face and a rope tied around his waist.
• With his hands folded, the man launched into a mock confession, declaring: "I, Abhishek Banerjee, hereby admit that I stole coal, stole cars, enabled illegal immigration from Bangladesh, authorised atrocities against Hindu women in Sandeshkhali..." The list of alleged admissions went on.
• He then dropped to his knees and dramatically begged for forgiveness from the small crowd of bewildered onlookers.
• The address was Abhishek Banerjee's four-storey Shantiniketan on Harish Mukherjee street in south Kolkata.
• The house, unlike Mamata Banerjee's humble house in Kalighat, had come to symbolise opulence.