More Mamata, less BJP: Trinamoolâs campaign strategy for the Bengal election
The partyâs development promises have replaced its criticism of the BJP in 2019. And itâs steering clear of the politics of polarisation.
Anubhooti Gupta
In February 2021, when the Bengal chapter of the Bharatiya Janata Party applied to the state administration for permission to organise five statewide ârath yatrasâ, it took many people by surprise. The BJP had not indicated so far that it intended to organise a yatra, unlike during the 2019 Lok Sabha poll, when it made public its yatra plans over a month before it even applied for permission.