How Mamata's Trinamool unravelled at breakneck speed within 30 days

Key points

• Exactly a month ago, something that was perceived to be unthinkable happened as the BJP secured a thumping win, ending the 15-year rule of Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC).
• However, in these 30 days, Mamata has been grappling with a crisis even more damaging than the poll drubbing - a rebellion led by expelled leader Ritabrata Banerjee that has brought the TMC on the verge of disintegration.
• What is astonishing is how a party that appeared politically unassailable until recently unravelled at such breakneck speed, with over 100 councillors resigning and top leaders voicing dissent against the leadership almost every other day.
• The fault lines started to emerge days after the results, where the BJP secured 207 seats, leaving the TMC with just 80. Leaders like Ritabrata and Riju Datta, who have also been expelled, started voicing resentment over the influence wielded by Mamata's nephew Abhishek Banerjee....