Mentored by Union home minister Amit Shah, the BJP will fight the perform-or-perish Bengal Assembly polls this summer with new strategies, aiming to rectify the mistakes the party made in 2021. He advised state BJP leaders to take the anti-incumbency campaign to such a level that the ruling Trinamool Congress “cannot even breathe properly”, a senior BJP leader said. "He asked all party leaders, including MLAs and MPs, to ensure there is no time for leisure in their daily schedules. “Against Mamata Banerjee, there is no single face in the Bengal BJP who can be accepted across the state. In 2021, the BJP held several Yogdan Melas (joining ceremonies), during which many senior Trinamool leaders joined the BJP.

Source: The Telegraph January 05, 2026 05:04 UTC