Cultural Invasion of Bengal: Hindutva challenge and the Left’s legacy
As BJP’s Hindutva project targets Bengal’s syncretic, Left-influenced political culture, the 2026 Assembly Elections become a battle over Bengali identity itself.
As BJP’s Hindutva project targets Bengal’s syncretic, Left-influenced political culture, the 2026 Assembly Elections become a battle over Bengali identity itself.
The incumbent Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lost from Nandigram, the seat from which she was contesting in this election and which has played an important role in her political career, she took oath as the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third time on 5th May 2021.