West Bengal Election Violence: BJP Celebrations Marred by Vandalism and Rival Party Office Attacks

No matter how many Bengali sons-in-law in new Dhoti-Punjabi dress celebrate the victory, appeal to the opposition leaders and workers not to attack the office or talk about revenge, it is meaningless to the Bengal BJP on the ground. Even the newly defeated Chief Minister said badla nai badla that day, but her loyal forces did not listen. No one cares about the victorious Prime Minister this time. The overzealous and disciplined winners are proving that they are no different from the Trinamool by making the setting theory relevant again. The Left's party offices were vandalized, set on fire, looted and occupied in every neighbourhood of the state after the Trinamool won in 2011. The BJP is following the trend of post-election political violence, less the deadly attacks on the victors than the Trinamool. In fact, they have been inflamed by the migrants from the Trinamool and the BJP. These anti-migrant political party leaders, who are once the most influential in Bengal, are the anti-Trinamool.