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BJP says Bihar results to impact Bengal polls, TMC debunks claim
The Morning Standard
|November 16, 2025
TMC cites Didi's women schemes to counter saffron party, says SIR won't have any impact
AFTER the NDA’s grand victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, the BJP hopes that the results will set the tone for West Bengal polls next year and Uttar Pradesh elections in 2027. Theruling Trinamool Congress in Bengal and the Opposition Samajwadi Party in UP rule out any such impact.
BJP MLA and Leader of Opposition in West Bengal Suvendu Adhikari said, “Bihar’s victory is ours; now it is Bengal’s turn. Just as the Bihar election was conducted after the SIR, the poll in Bengal will also be conducted with a pure and clean electoral roll.”
UP Deputy CM Keshav Prasad Maurya, who was the co-convenor for Bihar elections, said: “Magadh jeeta, Awadh bhi jeetengey. 2027 mein 2017 dohrayenge (After winning Magadh (Bihar), we will win Awadh (UP). Will repeat 2017 in 2027).” He was referring to the BJP winning 325 of 403 seats in UP in 2017.
This story is from the November 16, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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