04/05/2026
The scale of the BJP's rise in West Bengal is staggering when viewed against the historical arc. The party held zero seats in the state in both 2006 and 2011, the very elections that swept Mamata Banerjee to power on the back of anti-Left sentiment. By 2016, the BJP had scraped together just three seats.
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