The major contest will be between the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with the Left Front and Congress striving to make a comeback in the rural polls
The conventional belief indicates that the gradual success of an incumbent party lies in the economic progression of the state and the well-being of the majority of voters. However, the recent growth of the incumbent party in West Bengal does not support the belief entirely. A marginal improvement of agriculture and rural people, relying on the delivery of welfare schemes at
West Bengal Assembly Elections 2021: Does a ‘Party Society’ Really Subsume the Politics of ‘Identity’ and ‘Development’?
While West Bengal’s “exceptionalism” is often touted to explain the claimed lack of communal and caste-based politics in the state, the rise of populist forces has somehow managed to take advantage of identitarian fault lines without creating space for democratic political mobilisation of marginalised sections.
Elections for 294 seats of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly are scheduled to be held between 27 March and 29 April 2021 in eight phases.
The key political players in the upcoming elections include:
(i) The All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) and its allies, including the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha;
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West Bengal elections 2021: It appears from the writings of scholars and journalists that a change at the societal level is being expected in case the BJP manages to form the government. File Photo Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 2021-04-08T07:38:53+05:30 Bengal Elections 2021: Party Society , Subaltern Hindutva , Bhadrolok : A Few Terms Dominating Media Coverage outlookindia.com 2021-04-08T07:45:05+05:30
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