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Narendra Modi’s BJP win election in West Bengal for first time

electoral roll, under the guise of “purging” it of illegal voters. As a result of the project, called a special intensive revision (SIR), more than 2.7 million voters were removed from the vote register. Analysis

Modi's BJP conquers Bengal, one of India's toughest political frontiers

West Bengal's electorate is larger than Germany's, turning its election into something closer to a nation choosing a government than a routine Indian state poll. Monday's BJP victory there would rank among