73: The conundrum of BJP's meteoric rise in Bengal, with Neelanjan Sircar and Sajjan Kumar
West Bengal is perhaps the most highly contested state this poll season. The results of this election could change the fate of the two main parties involved - TMC and BJP. But what’s really at stake in these polls? Why is the BJP rolling out the big guns for one state election? And will Mamata Banerjee's slew of welfare schemes help her beat back anti-incumbency? While most polls say that Banerjee will pull it off, Sajjan Kumar who surveyed all the constituencies in Bengal for People's Pulse, thinks very differently. In this episode, Sandip is joined by Kumar and Neelajan Sircar, assistant professor of political science at Ashoka University, to talk about the West Bengal state polls 2021.Transcript available here.
