Several top NDA leaders, including PM Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP president Jagat Prakash Nadda and Union Minister Chirag Paswan, are expected to attend the swearing-in ceremony at Gandhi Maidan.
Police officials said the attackers appeared to have carried out the murder in a planned manner. A senior officer said, “It’s a planned murder. Because after he shot Rath, the killer waited for him to die.”
The front page of the Calcutta edition of the newspaper published on 5th May dominated BJP’s Bengal victory, with a large front in saffron colour “BJP’s Bengal” with an illustration of the iconic Howrah Bridge worked into the lettering. Below it is the headline “Saffron tsunami sets aside TMC”.
A team of police officials, along with central forces, was carrying out routine night patrols when they were suddenly targeted. The attackers opened fire, injuring several personnel.
A decade of quiet, decentralised groundwork by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh reshaped Bengal’s social consciousness and voter behaviour, laying the foundation for the BJP’s historic breakthrough.
It is the BJP’s candidate selection and focus on real issues that propelled the party to 206 seats for its maiden triumph. BJP’s women candidates brought their own grassroots stories, carried pain and yearning to bring change that resonated with Bengali voters.
The meteoric rise of the BJP from 0 seats in 2011 to winning the 2026 Vidhan Sabha election tells a different story. It did not happen by sheer chance. The party was built brick by brick by its State leaders and its cadres in the past 15 years.