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  • Trinamool Congress party supporters paint their faces with colored powder as they celebrate the early leads outside the residence of party leader Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 13, 2011. Counting of votes began Friday in India's fourth most populous state of West Bengal, where India's ruling Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress were predicted to unseat a Communist led government that has held power for 34 years. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
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    Trinamool Congress party supporters paint their faces with colored powder as they celebrate the early leads outside the residence of party leader Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 13, 2011. Counting of votes began Friday in India's fourth most populous state of West Bengal, where India's ruling Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress were predicted to unseat a Communist led government that has held power for 34 years. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    Trinamool Congress party leader Mamata Banerjee speaks to the supporters outside her residence in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 13, 2011. Counting of votes began Friday in India's fourth most populous state of West Bengal, where India's ruling Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress were predicted to unseat a Communist led government that has held power for 34 years. (AP Photo)

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    Communist Party of India Marxist leader and West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee arrives at the party office after submitting his resignation in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 13, 2011. In India's fourth most populous state of West Bengal, Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress toppled a 34 year Communist led government after an aggressive campaign that hammered the leftist coalition on stagnation, corruption, agricultural malaise and industrial decline. Opponents had been trying to unseat the Bengali Communists since 1977, and Trinamool's fiery leader Mamata Banerjee said Friday's results reflected a prolonged freedom struggle. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

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    A crowd gathers in front of the residence of the Raj Bhawan, where Trinamool Congress leader and Indian Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, unseen, arrived to meet with the state governor to formally stake claim to form the new government, in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 13, 2011. In India's fourth most populous state of West Bengal, Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress toppled a 34 year Communist led government after an aggressive campaign that hammered the leftist coalition on stagnation, corruption, agricultural malaise and industrial decline. Opponents had been trying to unseat the Bengali Communists since 1977, and Trinamool's fiery leader Mamata Banerjee said Friday's results reflected a prolonged freedom struggle. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

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    Trinamool Congress leader and Indian Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, center, prepares to get into a car to meet the state Governor to formally stake claim to form the new government, in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 13, 2011. In India's fourth most populous state of West Bengal, Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress toppled a 34 year Communist led government after an aggressive campaign that hammered the leftist coalition on stagnation, corruption, agricultural malaise and industrial decline. Opponents had been trying to unseat the Bengali Communists since 1977, and Trinamool's fiery leader Mamata Banerjee said Friday's results reflected a prolonged freedom struggle. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    Trinamool Congress party supporters celebrate outside the house of their leader Mamata Banerjee after the party's victory in state elections, in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 13, 2011. In India's fourth most populous state of West Bengal, Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress toppled a 34 year Communist led government after an aggressive campaign that hammered the leftist coalition on stagnation, corruption, agricultural malaise and industrial decline. Opponents had been trying to unseat the Bengali Communists since 1977, and Trinamool's fiery leader Mamata Banerjee said Friday's results reflected a prolonged freedom struggle. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    Left Front Chairman and Communist Party of India Marxist leader Biman Bose, center, addresses a press conference along with other leaders in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 13, 2011. In India's fourth most populous state of West Bengal, Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress toppled a 34 year Communist led government after an aggressive campaign that hammered the leftist coalition on stagnation, corruption, agricultural malaise and industrial decline. Opponents had been trying to unseat the Bengali Communists since 1977, and Trinamool's fiery leader Mamata Banerjee said Friday's results reflected a prolonged freedom struggle. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

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    Indian Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress party leader Mamata Banerjee gestures along with some of the elected state lawmakers of her party, outside her residence in Kolkata, India, Saturday, May 14, 2011. In India's fourth most populous state of West Bengal, Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress toppled a 34 year Communist led government after an aggressive campaign that hammered the leftist coalition on stagnation, corruption, agricultural malaise and industrial decline. Opponents had been trying to unseat the Bengali Communists since 1977, and Trinamool's fiery leader Mamata Banerjee said Friday's results reflected a prolonged freedom struggle. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

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    Indian Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, center right, holds the hand of Railway Minister and Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee after the latter lost her balance while climbing a stage, in Kolkata, India, Saturday, May 14, 2011. In India's fourth most populous state of West Bengal, Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress toppled a 34 year Communist led government after an aggressive campaign that hammered the leftist coalition on stagnation, corruption, agricultural malaise and industrial decline. Opponents had been trying to unseat the Bengali Communists since 1977, and Trinamool's fiery leader Mamata Banerjee said Friday's results reflected a prolonged freedom struggle. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

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    Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee, left, is greeted by India's ruling Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi before a meeting at the latter's residence in New Delhi, India, Monday, May 16, 2011. The ruling Congress party and its allies weathered a string of corruption scandals to win three major state elections Friday, ousting Communists from two strongholds in the process, but voters still showed they would punish for graft. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)

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    Trinamool Congress party leader Mamata Banerjee, left, accepts sweets offered by Governor M.K. Narayanan after taking oath of office as Chief Minister of West Bengal state in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 20, 2011. Banerjee is the first woman Chief Minister of West Bengal state. Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress toppled a 34 year Communist led government after an aggressive campaign that hammered the leftist coalition on stagnation, corruption, agricultural malaise and industrial decline. (AP Photo/Jayanta Shaw)

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    Trinamool Congress party leader Mamata Banerjee gestures to Governor M.K. Narayanan, unseen, after taking oath of office as Chief Minister of West Bengal state in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 20, 2011. Banerjee is the first woman Chief Minister of West Bengal state. Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress toppled a 34 year Communist led government after an aggressive campaign that hammered the leftist coalition on stagnation, corruption, agricultural malaise and industrial decline. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

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    Onlookers crowd a street to greet the new Chief Minister of West Bengal state Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 20, 2011. Banerjee is the first woman chief minister of the state. Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress toppled a 34 year Communist led government after an aggressive campaign that hammered the leftist coalition on stagnation, corruption, agricultural malaise and industrial decline. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

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    Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, center, is flanked by former state Finance Minister Ashim Dasgupta, left, and Communist Party of India Marxist leader Biman Bose as they attend the swearing in ceremony of the new Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 20, 2011. Banerjee, the leader of Trinamool Congress party, is the first woman Chief Minister of West Bengal state. Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress toppled a 34 year Communist led government after an aggressive campaign that hammered the leftist coalition on stagnation, corruption, agricultural malaise and industrial decline. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

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    Trinamool Congress party leader Mamata Banerjee, center, takes the oath of office, as Governor M.K. Narayanan, left, looks on in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 20, 2011. Banerjee is the first woman Chief Minister of West Bengal state. Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress toppled a 34 year Communist led government after an aggressive campaign that hammered the leftist coalition on stagnation, corruption, agricultural malaise and industrial decline. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

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