BJP's electoral fortune is likely to depend a lot on the Left and Congress vote share and where the combination of votes swing. If the Left and Congress succeed in retaining their ground, the BJP may have to make do with its own vote share that was around 38% during the last assembly election in 2021
After a video went viral showing a group of seers being purportedly thrashed by a mob in the Purulia district, BJP leader and the party s IT Cell head, Amit Malviya, on Friday lashed out at the ruling Trinamool Congress, claiming that it was a crime to be Hindu in West Bengal.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, during his visit to Bengal, expressed his intention to end corruption, torture, and injustice in the state. He inaugurated a Durga Puja pandal themed on the Ram Mandir. Shah also highlighted the cultural diversity of Navratri celebrations across India and extended warm greetings to the people of Bengal. BJP National President JP Nadda is expected to visit Bengal on October 21 and attend Durga Puja pandals in Kolkata and nearby areas.
BJP has been decimated in Dakshin Dinajpur district, home turf of state party president Sukanta Majumdar, where it could win only 4 of the total 64 Gram Panchayats
Since the 1970s, however, there is a distinctive nature to this form of violence. “It is different from the class-based Naxalite upheaval in the 1960-70 period. It is also different from the caste-based violence that can be seen in parts of North India,” writes historian Sumanta Banerjee