Is 2019 Lok Sabha election will be all about Mamata vs Modi instead of Rahul vs Modi? Nation At 9

You cannot cross the sea, merely by standing and staring at the water wrote rabindra tagore. Mamata Banerjee has been not one for simply standing and watching. as a congresswoman, she was the firebrand that took on entrenched left rule in Bengal. As the mistress of her own fate since she left the congress, she's wiped out the communists and proved she has electoral heft capable of earning the position in India's list of state satraps. In September 2012, Mamata Banerjee quit the UPA government. by 2014, she had the fourth largest party in the Lok Sabha, just behind the congress and Jaya's Anna DMK. On saturday, she's set to take an unspoken audacious leap across the waters again. a rally will take place in Bengal in what she is calling a federal front. several state satraps will be in attendance, one of the Gowdas from Karnataka, Chandrababu from hyderabad, kejriwal from delhi. rahul and sonia won't be there and that's for good measure. Mamata didi has refused to be no.2 to rahul in any alliance to take on Narendra Modi. After the U.P Akhilesh, Maya, Ajit Singh deal and now this rally in Bengal, any pre-poll Mahagathbandhan is now all but ruled out. Even if Modi doesn't get a majority now, Rahul's chances of becoming pm are greatly diminished. Mamata is certainly eyeing the mantle, if not of pm herself, then certainly the make or break power behind the throne. what does this indicate about indian politics, our state satraps and the future elections? Should India be comprehending Mamata vs Modi instead of Rahul vs Modi. Why has it become Mamata vs Rahul for now? a vote for Mamata, or for any of these state satraps is a vote for who as pm? Does India need a clear option on the pm's race, or are we happy saying that it doesn't matter if who becomes pm is decided by parties after the vote, not before it. Crucial questions that will decide the fate of India. That will play a large part in how people vote.