BJP works on ramping its base to take on Mamata in 2021 Assembly elections

The party's biggest disadvantage in West Bengal is the lack of active members and leaders, and its reliance on crossovers from hostile parties such as the TMC, Congress and Left Front

Preparing to take on the TMC in the upcoming 2021 assembly elections, the BJP is now working on strengthening its organisational structure by waking up its otherwise “sleeper supporters” and increasing its membership base right from the booth level.

Both, party veterans and political observers note that the BJP’s biggest disadvantage in West Bengal is the lack of active members and leaders, and its reliance on crossovers from hostile parties including the TMC, Congress and the Left Front.

“In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, we could not field polling agents in many booths. The presence of such polling agents from