India, Oct. 26 -- The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal are both strengthening their digital teams to counter each other on social media in the run up to the 2026 assembly elections in the state.

While the TMC has launched an initiative to engage volunteers who would be termed as "digital joddhas" (digital warriors) to take on the BJP in the digital space, the BJP has set up special legal team to extend legal support to its digital warriors to the booth level who are often allegedly "harassed" by the police for their social media posts.

"Political battles are fought not just on the streets or in Parliament, but increasingly in the digital space, where Bangla-birodhis (anti-Bengal ...