Bengal and what it means for BJP
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May 12, 2021 01:41 IST
The party’s further rise will depend on its politics and the Trinamool’s functioning post-Mamata
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BJP president J.P. Nadda addresses party workers in Kolkata on May 5, 2021.
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The party’s further rise will depend on its politics and the Trinamool’s functioning post-Mamata
The results of the West Bengal Assembly elections can be seen broadly in two ways. It shows the failure of the Modi-Shah-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in defeating the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress. Yet, the performance of the BJP is remarkable it has increased its seat share from three in 2016 to 77 in 2021. In some ways, this increase is reminiscent of the BJP’s electoral journey at the national level from two seats in 1984 to 85 seats in 1989, accomplished through the Ayodhya movement. In West Bengal, the BJP has accomplished this task mainly through a polarised camp