India, June 25 -- West Bengal has become a major priority state for the Narendra Modi government and the BJP central leadership. For the BJP, West Bengal was an unfinished dream, an unfulfilled ambition, a dream that remained incomplete for decades.

After 1947, for the first time, the right-wing BJP came to power in West Bengal. The BJP's top leadership strategy regarding West Bengal has two major dimensions.

The first is the development agenda. The BJP argues that the glory of West Bengal, especially Kolkata, once known as the 'City of Renaissance, ' was damaged over several decades. During the election campaign, the BJP promised that it would restore the lost glory of Kolkata and bring back Bengal's economic and cultural importance....