Bohiragoto vs Bhadralok: Bengal’s identity battle heats up as parties 'fish' for votes As the campaign sharpens, the familiar charge of “bohiragoto” has returned to the centre of the political stage, with the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) reviving a narrative that helped it decisively blunt the rise of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) five years ago. The immediate trigger this time, as seen in the reaction to Leander Paes joining the BJP, shows how quickly the labels are deployed as "outsider, parachuted, not one of us". #years_ago #Bharatiya_Janata #Janata_Party #Trinamool_Congress #battle_heats #India_Trinamool #campaign_sharpens #political_stage #identity_battle #familiar_charge
Bengal poll battle heats up: EC and TMC exchange 'straight talk' The Election Commission of India has assured that the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections will be conducted without fear, violence, or intimidation. This statement follows a meeting with the TMC, which accused the ECI of bias towards the BJP and alleged systematic disenfranchisement of voters through electoral roll revisions. #West_Bengal #Bengal #Election_Commission #Assembly_elections #Bengal_poll #Bengal_Assembly #poll_battle #straight_talk #TMC_exchange #battle_heats
