DB's Desk

BJP failed to Catch the Dangerous ‘Khela Hobe' Signal BJP Took Bengal for Granted The saffron party thought Bengal needed them more than they needed Bengal. It became apparent from one of the public speeches of Party President J P Nadda. Shri Nadda elucidated that BJP offered shelter to politically oppressed people of Bengal. BJP assumed rescuer’s role & hence strategized Bengal poll with an upper hand over Bengal kaaryakartas. National leaders like Kailash Vijayvargiya, Shivprakash Jha, Arvind Menon, Amit Malviya domineered over Bengal kaaryakartas in decision making. They included Dilip Ghosh in the process, however, Ghosh perhaps had no determinant say on it & was left with Hobson’s choice in accepting National leaders' dictates. National leaders in charge of Bengal strategized Bengal Assembly Poll in 'go as you like' mode. No other poll in recent past has been seen taken so erratically by BJP. Did BJP Want to Teach Bengal A Lesson?  Thinking from BJP's p...

BJP Failed to Read Bengal-psyche What’s going on in BJP West Bengal is but normal as Samudramanthan first churned out venom. The conclusive difference is the absence of someone like 'Nilkantha’ Lord Shiva in Bengal BJP who could absorb the toxin himself. The virulence of venom, hence, is affecting Party men of all strata. Acrimonious outbursts of BJP leaders and karyakartas are exposing the Party's internal details, cutting a sorry figure in public. People of Bengal, who were all poised to believe that BJP was the only party to break the fangs of a rogue ruler, are now thankful to Almighty that BJP didn’t win the State. Not that they are happy with TMC, but confused about how to bank on a Party which fails to design an effective strategy in spite of having sweeping public support.  Number of Votes Didn’t Translate into Number of Seats BJP truly had decisive public support in 2021 Assembly Election. Otherwise, 38.1% vote share wouldn’t have gone to the saffron party while TMC wo...