Congress will now benefit BJP! How much loss will Mamata Banerjee suffer due to her decision to contest elections alone?

West Bengal Assembly Election Latest News : In the politics of West Bengal, Congress has taken such a gamble. Has played, which has surprised political analysts. This decision of Congress to contest elections alone on all 294 assembly seats of the state is being considered a bold step. Now the question is arising whether this decision will breathe new life into the Congress organization or will it indirectly ease the way for the victory of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

In the last few years, Congress joined hands with regional parties to keep BJP away from power, but this strategy often proved suicidal for the Congress. From Bihar to Uttar Pradesh, the strike rate of Congress kept falling in the alliance and the organization kept weakening at the grassroots level. A large section of Bengal Congress workers had been arguing for a long time that unless the party fought on its own, its support base would not come back. Even if we lose now, it is important to strengthen the organization for the future.

Congress’s performance in the mirror of history

If we look at the data of previous elections, the position of Congress has been mixed. In 2006, when the Congress party fought alone, it got 21 seats. This number increased to 42 when it formed an alliance with Mamata Banerjee in 2011 and Congress played a big role in overthrowing the 34-year-old Left rule. In 2016, Congress got 44 seats by joining hands with the Left parties, but in the 2021 elections, this experiment completely failed and the party could not even open its account.

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Who will benefit and who will suffer loss?

With Congress entering the fray alone, the biggest crisis has arisen for Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress and the Left parties. It is believed that the anti-BJP votes will be scattered in a triangular contest. If Muslim and secular vote bank gets divided, BJP can get direct mathematical benefit from it. Well, politics is a game of possibilities. This decision of Congress may weaken the foundation of Trinamool and the Left, but the party will take it as its ‘rebirth’. Is watching as. Now only the election results will tell whether this decision proves to be a historic masterstroke or a major strategic mistake.