West Bengal elections

The second and final phase of the 2026 West Bengal elections is a make-or-break phase for the BJP. This phase covers the large pasts of South Bengal, including 11 seats in Kolkata, North 24 Parganas has 33, South 24 Parganas has 31 seats, Howrah has 16, Hooghly has 18, Nadia has 17, and East Burdwan has 16 seats. These seats have been the Trinamool Congress’s core bastion.

The probe agency’s preliminary findings in the case indicate a simultaneous emergence of demonstration and road blockades across multiple locations, pointing to prior planning and strategic execution by an organised network rather than a ‘protest’ driven by organic anger over SIR.

Mamata Banerjee is using language politics to consolidate specific voter bases while simultaneously labeling non-Bengali Hindus as "outsiders" to create a social divide.

“PM Narendra Modiji is giving money to your state. But didi, your party leaders are filling up their pockets by misappropriating it," said JP Nadda in Bengal