Kolkata, Bangaon, April 27 -- Dinesh Kumar Singh has been driving a taxi for decades in south Kolkata. Engrossed in conversation with fellow drivers at a taxi stand, Singh says he expects a change of guard in West Bengal in the 2026 assembly elections.

"This time TMC will lose," Singh told this reporter in Kolkata indicating his prediction that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) might win West Bengal Election 2026 ending Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress's three-term rule.

Singh, originally from Bihar, says he is wary of post-poll violence-an issue the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) frequently attributes to the ruling Trinamool Congress. "Kamake khane wale ko kya darr" says Singh, in his late fifties. Singh's remarks transla...