“The BJP will win in West Bengal,” Prashant Kishore, the Trinamool Congress party’s election strategist, said in a leaked audio clip. This has sparked controversy in the political arena.
In West Bengal, assembly elections are being held in eight phases for a total of 294 constituencies. The ruling Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party have a bitter rivalry. The Prashant Kishore-led ‘IPAC’ is devising electoral tactics for the Trinamool Congress in an atmosphere where both parties are vying for power. Prashant Kishore had previously stated that the BJP would struggle to win double digit seats and that if the party would win, he would quit Twitter.
In this background, senior leader Amit Malviya released an audio clip in which Prashant Kishore is quoted as saying, “BJP will win in West Bengal.”
In a public chat on Club House, Mamata Banerjee’s election strategist concedes that even in TMC’s internal surveys, BJP is winning.
The vote is for Modi, polarisation is a reality, the SCs (27% of WB’s population), Matuas are all voting for the BJP!
BJP has cadre on ground. pic.twitter.com/3ToYuvWfRm
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) April 10, 2021