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High-Stakes West Bengal 2026: BJP’s Hindutva–Bengali Identity Pitch vs TMC Corruption Overhang
West Bengal’s 2026 Assembly election is coalescing around two powerful narratives: the BJP’s fusion of Hindutva with a confident Bengali identity and the TMC’s defence of expansive welfare amid a corruption overhang. This long-form analysis explains how a polarised minority vote, border-state security anxieties, and women-centric welfare will shape margins. It maps the state’s decisive…
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RSS’s Quiet Playbook in Bengal 2026: Soft Hindutva, Silent Cadres, and a High‑Risk Path to Power
West Bengal’s 2026 contest is increasingly shaped by the RSS’s low‑decibel “silent mobilisation,” which builds influence through social service, culturally fluent messaging, and booth‑level discipline. This analysis maps the quiet playbookcadre routines, women‑centric outreach, hyperlocal digital channels, and issue‑anchored communicationand weighs its rewards and risks in a plural, welfare‑savvy polity. It explains how soft Hindutva…