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Mainstream, Vol 64 No 13, May 12, 2026

West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026 and the Footfalls of Fascism — A Balance Sheet | Kunal Chattopadhyay

Tuesday 12 May 2026

[May 8, 2026]

by Kunal Chattopadhyay

The 2026 West Bengal Assembly election was possibly the most important, not just for the province of West Bengal, but with an all India significance. The Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies had found in the 2024 Parliamentary elections that they had gone over the peak and were in a decline. With the bulk of India