TMC's Tapasi Mondal Seeks Hat-Trick Win in Haldia Assembly Elections

She has won as an opposition candidate twice in a row in green storms across the state, once on a CPM ticket and once on behalf of the BJP. But this time she is the candidate of the ruling TMC. The question of whether Tapasi Mondal can make a hat-trick of wins in the upcoming assembly elections in Haldia, East Midnapore, has been hotly debated in the industry. Since 2011, the TMC has not been able to make headway in Haldia. The ruling party candidates have lost two consecutive assembly elections there, in 2016 and 2021. In the 2016 elections, the TMC had fielded Madhurima Mondal in Haldia. But this time she lost to Tapasi, who stood on a CPM ticket. Tapasi's victory in Haldia shocked many across the state. However, she joined the BJP before the 2021 assembly elections. She was also nominated by the BJP. Tapasi won the election. However, her distance with the BJP continued to grow. In 2025, Tapasi joined the BJP. At that time, she was also warned by the TMC candidate, Suvendu Adhikari, that she would be the next TMC candidate in the assembly elections.