Mamata, Mandir, Minorities: 'Existential Battle' For Bengal Begins

With just months to go for the mega battle of Bengal, Amit Shah today drew the battlelines, pitching the upcoming polls as an existential fight rather than a political one. Yesterday, RSS organisation secretary BL Santosh had said the BJP needs to win Bengal to save India-a claim the home minister reiterated today. Speaking at a rare press conference in Kolkata, Amit Shah said the 2026 election is critical not just for Bengal, but to save India's culture. He also accused the TMC of actively changing West Bengal's demography to secure their votebank, and predicted a two-thirds majority for the BJP in 2026. The big questions on The Buck Stops Here: Why is the Bengal election being pitched as a battle for existence by the BJP and RSS, and can the saffron part really scale this final frontier against an aggressive and assertive Mamata Banerjee?