Madan Mitra's Political Rollercoaster: From Victory to Defeat and Back Again

Soumen Roy Choudhury is a CPI (M) MLA from Kamarhati constituency. Before 2011, this constituency was held by the CPI (M). In 2011, Madan Mitra was fielded by the TMC from here. Young Madan was more'colorful'then. Social media was not so hot at that time. But Madan was an eye-catcher in meetings, stage-marchs, and rallies. In five years, many colors were mixed with Madan. By then Madan Banerjee was the'heavyweight'leader. In 2014, he was arrested in the Saradha case. He returned to Kamarhati again in the 2016 election. He won the election on a CPM ticket. Manas Mukherjee won. However, he again contested from jail. He was granted bail that year. In 2021, Mamata Banerjee again relied on Madan. The people of Kamarhati also voted for'Mitra Mashai '. In the 2026 election, Madan-Manas again faced the poll field. Madan-Manas, along with Arup Choudhury, the BJP candidate. Many people of Kamarhati said that this time, Madan Mitra, the TMC candidate, won the 2021 election with a margin of 735 thousand votes. Raju was the closest rival of BJP