Is BJP ‘Bengali’ Enough For Bengal?: The Question of Identity in These Polls

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Description: The Wire’s Soumashree Sarkar speaks to Suvojit Bagchi, a veteran journalist who has had noteworthy stints at The Hindu, the BBC and the Anandabazar Patrika.

The Wire’s Soumashree Sarkar speaks to Suvojit Bagchi, a veteran journalist who has had noteworthy stints at The Hindu, the BBC and the Anandabazar Patrika.

Soumashree Sarkar

The Wire’s Soumashree Sarkar speaks to Suvojit Bagchi, a veteran journalist who has had noteworthy stints at The Hindu, the BBC and the Anandabazar Patrika.

By all accounts, the assembly elections in Bengal are different. The SIR has pushed almost all issues to the background, bringing existing vulnerabilities to the fore. Questions of identity have gained paramount importance. Are the BJP’s efforts at projecting itself as a Bengal party enough? Or will it for short against the TMC’s impression on people?

To help us understand all of this ahead of the second phase of elections on April 29, The Wire’s Soumashree Sarkar speaks to Suvojit Bagchi, a veteran journalist who has had noteworthy stints at The Hindu, the BBC and the Anandabazar Patrika.

This article went live on April twenty-seventh, two thousand twenty six, at two minutes past one in the afternoon.

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