A series of recent political tremors in West Bengal has triggered quiet unease within the Trinamool Congress, with signs emerging that the Muslim vote, one of Mamata Banerjee's two foundational pillars alongside rural women, may no longer be the monolith it once was. The developments come just months after the fragmentation of the minority vote in Bihar's Seemanchal region helped decimate the Mahagathbandhan, a development that political observers say the TMC is determined to avoid as West Bengal heads towards a high-stakes election in 2026.

The latest signal came on December 6 in Murshidabad, where suspended TMC MLA Humayun Kabir laid the foundation stone for a replica of the Babri Masjid. Two days later, Kabir announced that he would float a new political outfit on December 22 and confi

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