 "West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee during an election rally in Kolkata | Photo: PTI")
Secrecy and caution are hardly attributes linked to West Bengal but things can change during elections. Multiple people across the state gave this tip: When they (voters) say they are supporting the Trinamool, don’t believe them. And when they say they are backing the BJP, even then don’t trust them.
The overwhelming secrecy made it tough to gauge the real mood across the region from Bongaon on the India-Bangladesh border to Palta in Barrackpore and Singur in Hooghly. But, excited audiences at crowded rallies did drop their guard at times to reveal that the BJP as an entity has entered
