Battle for Bengal: PM Modi's Bihar Win Sets Stage for Showdown with Mamata Banerjee's TMC

India Today

This special report covers the escalating political battle between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, sparked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's comments following a BJP victory in the Bihar elections. The report highlights the BJP's renewed confidence in its Bengal unit and the defiant response from the ruling TMC, setting the stage for a major political confrontation. Key figures featured include Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. In response to the challenge from the BJP, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee stated, 'Bring it on.'

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00:00The echoes of Bihar's sweeping mandate are still rumbling across the country.

00:04But those tremors have travelled all the way to the east, straight into the heart of West Bengal.

00:09With a single loaded statement from Prime Minister Narendra Modi,

00:13the political compass has sharply rotated and the message is unmistakable.

00:18The next big battleground is Bengal.

00:21Fresh off an emphatic victory, the Prime Minister has wasted no time linking Bihar's verdict to Bengal's future,

00:28turning a celebration into a call to action.

00:31His remarks have electrified the BGP's Bengal unit, igniting a fresh surge of confidence

00:36and a renewed determination to take on the ruling Trinamul Congress.

00:40Here's more.

00:48The message unmistakable.

00:51The intent unmistakably louder.

00:54After the NDA's sweeping triumph in Bihar, Prime Minister Modi wasted no time

01:02drawing a direct political corridor from Patna to Kolkata.

01:06With those words, BJP carders in Bengal received their rallying cry.

01:11Senior state leaders say morale is soaring and the mission is clear.

01:41This lost the Trinamul Congress from power.

01:44The people who do not want anything to criticize the country,

01:45and they want to slow down.

01:51We must have no desire to protect a man from the other,

01:54and have no desire to take on the rule of God.

01:57People are surely living in a country with a pusher.

01:59We have to live on the right, and to tell us what will happen.

02:01We will not be able to turn away from the UPS dwele.

02:05However, TMC isn't backing down.

02:25West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee warned BJP and accepted the challenge and said,

02:32Bring it on.

02:35That's not all, the counter fire from the TMC camp is getting sharper.

02:49Prime Minister Modi ji, don't be under any illusion.

02:57Victory in Bengal is far-fetched for BJP.

03:00You and the other leaders of BJP have shown disrespect to women of Bengal.

03:06And in Bengal, BJP is known as Bengal Virodi Zamindars.

03:13Bengal will never accept the politics of Sam, Dham, Dandabhed, which you play in order to grab power at any cost.

03:22You will do anything to grab power.

03:25You will pay money, you will use muscle, you will use intimidation, you will divide and rule.

03:29As both sides tighten their political armour, one thing is clear.

03:36The battle for Bengal has begun.

03:38And this time, the opening shot has been fired from the Prime Minister himself.

03:43Bihar may have set the stage, but Bengal is where the real showdown now unfolds.

03:49The political temperature is rising and the game has just begun.

03:53Bureau report, India Today.

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