High-Spirited BJP For Urban Bengal

West Bengal, Barasat constituency, will go in the polling on last and 7^th phase on 19^th May. Thought the campaigning for the last phase, by the party leaders has come to an end, the party candidates are assuming the number of votes they might be getting.

Barasat Constituency is fairly divided into urban and rural areas, the urban areas like salt lake have a fair amount of white collared, upper middle class, a fair number of non-Bengalis, who may find easier to switch to BJP. The reason might be that Mamata can be accused of not doing enough, but she might have started the process, as opposed to BJP’s promise of fast-tracking growth.

In the rural areas, one can easily see signs of rising incomes mainly from the real estate sector and remittances, where TMC holds undisputed sway, from Barasat town to Madhya gram.

Barasat may see TMC MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar winning again, just because the rural public wants Modi to be removed.