Overview
- Party leaders outline a three-pronged plan to court non-Muslim minorities, shape the political narrative, and compile dossiers on alleged TMC musclemen for legal or administrative action.
- West Bengal has been divided into five zones—Kolkata, Nabadwip, Howrah-Hooghly-Midnapore, North Bengal, and the Rarh region—with senior leaders assigned and logistics underway, including hotel bookings.
- Messaging will foreground women’s safety, law and order, development, migration and a promise of peace, with a stated goal of winning 160–170 seats and tighter candidate selection.
- BJP workers report feeling unsafe during Special Intensive Revision exercises in Muslim-majority booths and say they are closely tracking officials conducting the surveys.
- Coverage underscores TMC’s entrenched cadre base and the possibility of Congress/Left alignments as significant obstacles despite the BJP’s recalibrated push.