Amid allegations and counter-allegations over Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter’s list in West Bengal and other states, Trinamool Congress General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee has evolved as the prominent face in the state’s ruling dispensation against the process.

The MP from Diamond Harbour usually prefers to work outside the limelight. His aunt, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee – who founded the party in 1998, and almost single-handedly steered it to national prominence – remains the public face that drives the party.

It is on her call, say analysts, that electors respond even to this day, when the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has evolved as the state’s principal Opposition.

Meanwhile, Abhishek’s quick rise through party ranks and his attention to organisation details have made

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