Is the BJP sleepwalking into another electoral disaster in Bengal?

Dear Reader,

With just over a year until the 2026 assembly elections, the Bengal BJP appears rudderless, fractured, and demoralised.

Internal fights, disillusioned workers, and a leadership that seems absent have left the party struggling to pose a real challenge to the TMC.

After losing ground in 2021 and 2024, has the BJP high command already given up on Bengal?

The countdown to 2026 has begun. Can the BJP fix itself in time—or will it hand Mamata Banerjee another easy victory?

In his latest, Jaideep Mazumdar writes on BJP's internal chaos in Bengal and what it must change to stay in the fight.

- Anmol N Jain