Mamatas birthplace no longer with her.

Tirthankar Mitra KUSUMBA, May 3: The cow shed and the stacks of corn centred round a thatched hut give little indication of the fact that Miss Mamata Banerjee, the Trinamul Congress supremo was born here.

There is no ambiguity about the political allegiance of the household as a Trinamul banner greets visitors at the door; but the fact remains that Kusumba has slipped out of Trinamul's grip into the Left Front fold in the panchayat elections.

As Miss Mamata Banerjee's birthplace, Kusumba, about eight kilometres west of Rampurhat town was a rallying point for her party.

Though Mr Ramchandra Dom, CPI-M, has continued to represent the constituency in …