New Delhi, May 4 -- As BJP is set to make history in Bengal, the state is on course to see its first BJP government since Independence as the Trinamool is staring at defeat after 15 years in power, in the first election after a record deletion of voters under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR). Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress is in a direct showdown with the BJP, with a closely fought battle but BJP-leaning is t outcome as counting progresses across the state.

Reacting to the BJP's broader political narrative during the run-up to polling, TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee said, "Amit Shah is rehearsing the same cassette several times about 'ghuspethias' (infiltrators)," while criticising the repeated emphasis on infiltration and border sec...