The BJP & Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool are locked in a close fight in Bengal as votes are being counted for state elections held amid a huge Covid-19 surge Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress is facing a tight race in Bengal, where the BJP seems to have made gains since the 2019 national elections. The Chief Minister's Trinamool & the BJP ran a bitter, no holds barred campaign that defied Covid-19 safety rules as well as the poll code. The most-watched fight in Bengal is for Nandigram, where the CM faces off against the BJP's Suvendhu Adhikari, her ex-aide whose December defection triggered a flood of exits.