The DMK spokesperson questioned the TVK-Congress tie-up, hinting that Vijay’s outfit is “close to the BJP”. 

 Taking a jibe at BJP’s ‘poriborton’ (change) slogan, the TMC said that the change has arrived with bulldozer. 

 Muslims on the electoral roll, rather than those who were possibly disenfranchised because of SIR, might have a bigger role in the TMC’s poor showing this time 

 Muslims on the electoral roll, rather than those who were possibly disenfranchised because of SIR, might have a bigger role in the TMC’s poor showing this time 

 TMC chief Mamata Banerjee alleges election in 100 seats ‘looted’; experts say defiant stance has no constitutional backing