Kolkata, April 27 -- As West Bengal moves through the critical early phase 2 of the assembly elections, a familiar narrative is being challenged.

For years, the state's political theatre has been dominated by the high-decibel rivalry between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). However, recent dispatches from party leadership in Kolkata and Mumbai suggest a concerted effort to break this binary.

In Kolkata, West Bengal Congress in-charge Ghulam Ahmad Mir aimed at a strategic narrative that defined the 2016 and 2021 elections.

According to Mir, the electorate was previously boxed into a two-party choice through deliberate polarisation, leaving little room for a middle ground.

Mir contends that the "issues ...