West Bengal 2019: Topsy-turvy times
(WorldNews India)

The Challenger The first half of 2019 witnessed an upheaval in the political landscape of West Bengal, paving the way for the BJP to emerge as the main challenger of the ruling Trinamool Congress in the state, while relegating the Congress and once-powerful Left Front to the fringes. The Lok Sabha elections, which was spread across seven phases in the state and witnessed in violent protests on the streets of Kolkata after a rally of BJP president Amit Shah, saw the saffron party making massive electoral gains. The BJP, which had won two seats five years ago, won 18 of the 42 parliamentary constituencies, its vote share rising to 40.30%- just three percentage points less than Trinamool´s -...