Jul 10, 2026 15:10 pm IST

Opinion | Mamata Banerjee's Bitter Loss And The Great Bengal 'Eggsplosion'

Bengali word for egg is "dim". Let's not slip into a "dimocracy"

Mohd Asim Mohd Asim Senior Editor

Mohd Asim Senior Editor

Politicians craft their image. And nothing shatters it like a slick of yolk drooling down their face or starched kurtas.

A source of protein for common folk can also be an agent of ultimate humiliation for the high and mighty when flung from a commoner's hand. People's version of "shelling" truth to the power.Yes, we are talking about the humble egg.

In Bengal, Trinamool leaders today fear egg more than the BJP. Since the Assembly election results, people have found this new form of eggs-pressing their anger. Video of Trinamool netas, including Abhishek Banerjee and other MPs, with their faces and clothes smeared with eggs have gone viral. 

The images have evoked both glee and concern among people depending on the which of the ideological fence they sit.

Posted by BJP on its instagram feed

India has seen ink smearing, shoe attacks and even odd attempts to slap public representatives as expressions of anger, but egg attacks have not been seen with such ferocity in Indian political history as they have........

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