BJP Poised to End TMC’s 15-Year Reign as Key Bastions Crumble |
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Kolkata: In what is shaping up to be one of the most seismic political earthquakes in recent Indian history, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is firmly on course to form the next government in West Bengal, effectively pulling the curtain down on the fifteen-year reign of Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress (TMC). As the counting of votes progressed past 11 am, the early trends crystallised into a decisive saffron wave, dismantling political fortresses long considered impregnable by the ruling dispensation.
The magnitude of the TMC’s collapse is most starkly visible in its erstwhile strongholds. Early Election Commission (EC) data reveal that the BJP has dramatically expanded its footprint deep into the heart of West Bengal’s rural and semi-urban belts. Districts like Birbhum, Purba Bardhaman, Hooghly, and the sprawling tribal-dominated region of Jungle Mahal, areas that once formed the absolute bedrock of the TMC’s electoral hegemony, are now reporting substantial and........