Overview

• BJP observers Bhupendra Yadav and Biplab Kumar Deb reached Kolkata and held strategy sessions with state leaders, with more meetings slated through the weekend.
• The BJP is pressing the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls and moving to booth-wise microplanning while seeking to consolidate Matua, Rajbanshi, tribal and Kurmi support.
• TMC launches Bijoya/Vijaya Sammelani from October 5 at the block level, deploying about 50 speakers per block as part of an outreach drive shaped by Abhishek Banerjee.
• Abhishek Banerjee met senior leaders to set the party roadmap, warned against complacency, and signalled vigilance over the roll revision to prevent genuine voters being dropped.
• The Red Road Puja Carnival led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee coincides with TMC’s outreach kickoff, as both parties pivot festival visibility into ground mobilisation ahead of the expected March–April 2026 polls.