Operation Kamal in reverse gear in West Bengal?

Several BJP leaders who crossed over from the TMC ahead of assembly election are reaching out to Mamata Banerjee or anyone close to her seeking rehabilitation, almost unconditionally.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) takes pride in being a cadre-based political organisation. Analysts credit this cadre-base and inherent discipline behind fewer instances of exodus from the BJP to other parties. However, reports from West Bengal suggest that the situation could be different here. In the run up to the West Bengal Assembly election, the BJP became a lodge for Trinamool Congress (TMC) dissidents. More than 30 leaders from the TMC crossed over to the BJP, which generated enough waves in the election pool of West Bengal that led many to believe that the party would be winning its final frontier in the east. But Mamata Banerjee came in the way of the BJP’s election juggernaut like a cyclone emerging from the Bay of Bengal. She created a pro-incumbency wave that left the BJP bruised and battered. Now, it seems she is eyeing to see the BJP broken in Bengal.