The mood is upbeat in the BJP over its handling of the mega challenge of elections in West Bengal. Wining Bengal - a red bastion for long and where Muslim appeasement thrived in the last 15 years - is more than a dream.
They have beaten a 'malady' within the TMC leadership.
We may use the phrase Folie de grandeur (French for "madness of grandeur") and it refers to delusions of grandeur or even megalomania --- where an individual holds an exaggerated, unrealistic belief in their own power, wealth and intellect.
Between April 23 and May 2 - the 10-day duration the TMC was looking for excuses. The 'excuses' that would stall the blame reaching the party leadership if the outcome is adverse.
For the BJP on the other side the credit has to be shared among Amit Shah, Sunil Bansal and Bhupendra Yadav. But before that - the May 2 (Saturday) meeting is crucial.
It will be attended among others by BJP state unit president Samik Bhattacharya and also Bansal, Bhupendra Yadav and Mangal Pandey.
The BJP are confident of their own feedback that they would manage a comfortable majority. They are also happy that most of the Exit Polls outcomes have indicated towards BJP's win. Bansal has already met state office bearers and some candidates to assess the feedback from the constituencies. On Saturday, among other issues plans will be drawn out for the counting halls.
The manner TMC is coming out with one issue or the other including a four-hour visit to the strongroom by Mamata Banerjee on Thursday night; the saffron party leaders would not like to leave anything to chance.
The refrain is while the BJP has many first timer counting agents; they should be guided properly. On the other hand, counting officials from the state government have experiences and they may still hold loyalty towards the chief minister.
In 2021, the BJP probably lost 50 seats (according to their internal assessment) because on the counting day either the counting agents were soldout or they were threatened by TMC goons and directed to leave the counting stations.
In other words, they do not want the repeat of 2021 at the last moment.
On the credit front, Sunil Bansal may be given the credit for coining the hashtag and the slogan #BhoyOutBhorosaIn (Fear out; Trust in).
Bansal, Amit Shah and Bhupendra Yadav assisted by other colleagues decided long back that the campaign focus this time should be on small public meetings.
These small meetings were held on household or moholla basis. Over 12,000 street meetings were held in 53 assembly constituencies.
Additionally, 165,000 small meetings were held to establish communication with voters, especially women and youth.
These meetings, insiders say ... created an atmosphere of “BJP Tai-BJP Chai (Because BJP can deliver, we want it to come to power).
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held 19 rallies and 2 road shows, covering approximately 42 organizational districts.
Home Minister Shah held 29 rallies and 11 road shows, covering 29 organizational (23 administrative) districts and BJP president Nitin Naveen also held 17 key events. In fact, Bansal and Yadav have been working for months.
Bhupendra Yadav has handled Bengal earlier too in 2019 and 2021. The 2019 campaign was the best when BJP could win 18 Lok Sabha seats and high vote share. He has previously partnered in different states with top leaders such as Rajnath Singh (Odisha), Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra (Ashwini Vaishnaw) and with others in various states.
Over all, if the saffron party has something to laugh about on May 4; they will also have to cherish the team work.
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