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For Assam and Bengal, BJP considers ‘Bihar model’
The Statesman Siliguri
|November 26, 2025
Fresh from the Bihar victory, the BJP has now turned its focus on the next set of important poll-bound states ~ West Bengal, Assam, and Tamil Nadu ~ and it in this connection that BJP president JP Nadda's dinner meeting on Wednesday to felicitate all BJP leaders who played a key role in the elections is being viewed.
The meeting aims to celebrate BJP’s Bihar victory and acknowledge the contributions of these leaders, in turn strengthening organisational preparedness for upcoming Assembly elections in these states, according to sources.
Drawing confidence from the ‘Bihar model’~amultitayered strategy of caste arithmetic blended with populist welfare schemes focussed on women, strong alliance management and a sprinkling of religion ~ which was the key to the decisive win, the saffron leadership believes it can be replicated in party campaigns instates like West Bengal and Assam.
This story is from the November 26, 2025 edition of The Statesman Siliguri.
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