âMind Gameâ: How a Perception War Is Dominating the Bengal Election Campaign
Indiaâs most prolonged assembly election is witnessing a battle of nerves as the psychological warfare intensifies.
BJP MP Ravi Kishan flashes a victory sign during a rally in support of party candidate from Entally constituency Priyanka Tibrewal ahead of the third phase of West Bengal Assembly Polls, in Kolkata, Saturday, April 3, 2021. Photo: PTI
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Kolkata: âThe time has come for you to know/ I’m victim of propaganda war,â say two lines from a track in the Serbian band Emir Kusturica & The No Smoking Orchestraâs 2000 album, âDevil In The Business Class’. Pratik Kumar Mandal, a young student who lives in Bandel town within Chinsurah assembly segment in Hooghly district, believes that these lines might perfectly fit himself and many other residents of West Bengal as they prepare to exercise their democratic franchise in a high-voltage electoral