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As the BJP sweeps Bengal, pro-TMC newspaper The Telegraph takes an abrupt pivot: Understanding why it’s opportunism and not an ideological shift

Shraddha Pandey -
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”.
News Reports

From TMC strongman to BJP’s CM frontrunner: How Suvendu Adhikari broke Mamata Banerjee’s political fortress and emerged as the face of the BJP in...

Aditi -
In a major political surprise, Adhikari snapped ties with the TMC and joined the BJP ahead of the 2021 state assembly elections.
Government and Policy

After Bengal victory, PM Modi-led Union Cabinet gives ‘Vande Mataram’ status equal to national anthem

OpIndia Staff -
The Modi Cabinet amends the National Honour Act to give Vande Mataram the same status and legal
News Reports

Mamata Banerjee’s undignified rejection of electoral defeat and brazen insult to Bengal’s public mandate exposes the real face of fascism that the Left always...

Jinit Jain -
Mamata Banerjee’s refusal to accept Bengal’s electoral verdict exposes the very authoritarianism and contempt for constitutional morality that the Congress-Left ecosystem has long accused the BJP of embodying.
Editor's picks

West Bengal: TMC goons who harassed owner of petrol pump claim ‘we are now in Saffron party’, BJP sent police help, woman thanks HM...

Divya Bharti -
Shalini Sen, a Kolkata petrol pump owner, faced intense harassment from drunken TMC goons
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Sandeshkhali : Security personnel, including CRPF team shot at during night patrol after Bengal poll results, 5 injured

OpIndia Staff -
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.
News Reports

How the RSS rewired Bengal’s social consciousness and played a pivotal role in the BJP’s historic electoral breakthrough

Jinit Jain -
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.
Crime

West Bengal: TMC goons lynch BJP worker in Howrah after Mamata faces defeat in election, victim’s family demands justice

OpIndia Staff -
A BJP worker was beaten to death in Udaynarayanpur, Howrah, following election victory celebrations.
Editor's picks

TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee refuses to resign despite humiliating defeat in West Bengal Vidhan Sabha election, claims ‘moral victory’

OpIndia Staff -
A day after losing the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha election, TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday (5th May) refused to tender her resignation as...
News Reports

How BJP went from 0 seats to winning the West Bengal election in 15 years: A closer look at the architects who made it...

Dibakar Dutta -
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.
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