Congress Ignoring Bengal, Assam Lessons and Handing Karnataka to BJP
Indian politics today suffers not from a lack of signals, but from a refusal to read them correctly. Worse, what is ignored in one state is often repeated in another, as if electoral geography erases political memory. The clearest warning came from West Bengal. Under Mamata Banerjee and the Trinamool Congress, a political style evolved that came to be widely perceived as leaning towards minority-centric appeasement politics. Whether that perception is fully fair or not is secondary. In politics, perception quickly becomes reality. Over time, this perception produced a visible counter-reaction: consolidation among Hindu voters. What was initially seen as political strength gradually turned into structural vulnerability. Bengal did not just produce an electoral result; it produced a warning about how identity-driven politics can trigger counter-mobilisation. This is the lesson Congress appears unwilling to absorb. Bengal is being treated as a regional outcome, not a national signal. Assa...
