Bengal's politics of by-election: The BJP game plan to checkmate Mamata
3 years, 5 months ago

Bengal's politics of by-election: The BJP game plan to checkmate Mamata

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Mamata Banerjee's defeat in Nandigram despite her party's thumping victory in the recently concluded West Bengal assembly election has become the BJP's proverbial stick to beat the Trinamool Congress with. Though Mamata is quite keen to hold the by-elections as early as possible, the mood in the BJP camp is quite contrary. BJP sources say in his recent meeting with Amit Shah, Adhikari tried to impress upon the Union Home minister that the bypolls should not be held immediately due to the Covid situation. The Kolkata Municipal Corporation elections are also due, and if Mamata decides to hold them soon and it leads to growth in Covid cases, it might further embolden the BJP to demand postponement of by-elections.

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