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

Trinamool Congress retained a denser grassroots network and the charismatic dominance of Banerjee. Yet the BJP repeatedly sustained a commanding vote share despite allegations

Tensions high in West Bengal after BJP aide shot dead and hundreds arrested

Trinamool Congress office in Kolkata, India. Photograph: Debarchan Chatterjee/NurPhoto/Shutterstock TMC workers accused the BJP of setting fire to their party offices and bulldozing one in Kolkata. The BJP has denied the allegations

Four killed in post-election violence in India’s West Bengal

Trinamool Congress (TMC) party, also [lost her seat](/features/2026/5/4/hegemonic-power-how-modis-bjp-won-indias-bengal-for-the-first-time) in the polls and has rejected the results, accusing the federal government of rigging the election. Police said clashes between rival party supporters erupted

Millions in India stripped of vote before critical state election, as government seeks to ‘purify’ electoral roll

Trinamool Congress, participates in a roadshow from on 18 April. Right: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists march during an election road show in Kolkata. ![Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists march during an election road show

‘Defeated by conspiracy’: West Bengal chief minister refuses to resign after election loss

Trinamool Congress party (TMC) have been in power for 15 years. But in a dramatic press conference on Tuesday night, Banerjee accused the BJP of “forcefully capturing” the elections and made it clear

Can fish hook voters in India’s West Bengal elections?

Trinamool Congress (TMC) chairperson and chief minister of West Bengal state Mamata Banerjee, left, along with General-Secretary Abhishek Banerjee, gestures as they announce the party’s candidate list for the upcoming legislative assembly elections

What Modi’s big win in Indian state elections could mean for its democracy

Trinamool Congress (TMC), a centrist party led by the now-outgoing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, brought it down in 2011. The state also remained relatively peaceful during some of the most tumultuous periods in modern

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

Trinamool Congress (TMC), a key opposition party, under the leadership ofMamata Banerjee, their female chief minister. Banerjee had been one of the most outspoken critics of Modi and his religious nationalist agenda over

How one of India's most successful female politicians is losing her party

Trinamool Congress (TMC) party in West Bengal, a state of more than 100 million people in eastern India. Barely a month after being [voted out of office](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ce8pdvp5x5ro), the party is facing