Bengal Polls: A Season of Dramatic Political Comebacks Unfolds

• West Bengal's 2026 assembly election is set to be a stage for numerous political comebacks, featuring leaders seeking redemption after defeats, scandals, or marginalization.
• BJP sees the return of Dilip Ghosh to electoral politics from Kharagpur Sadar and Ritesh Tiwari from Kashipur-Belgachia after organizational exile.
• TMC features prominent comebacks including Kunal Ghosh, returning to parliamentary politics from Beleghata after a decade, and Rajib Banerjee from Debra.
• Jyoti Priya Mallick, out on bail after an ED probe, seeks vindication by contesting from Habra, aiming to answer those who tried to politically finish him.
• Outside the main parties, veteran Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury plans a return to state politics from Baharampur, and ex-TMC strongman Arabul Islam contests from Canning Purba under the ISF banner.