Preview: With India’s longest ever election over, it’s a tight race between BJP and TMC in Bengal
For BJP, a victory in Bengal would bring it closer to its ‘one-party’ ambition. For Mamata Banerjee, this could be a chance to emerge as a national leader.
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The BJP has made a serious bid for a victory, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah campaigning heavily, and engineering defections, to dislodge Mamata Banerjee and her party.
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After over a month of voting – staggered across eight phases and held under the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic – results for the West Bengal Assembly elections will be out on Sunday.