West Bengal is once again witnessing a wave of postpoll violence, underscoring the state’s long and deeply entrenched history of political unrest that has accompanied elections for decades. The latest violence follows the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) landmark victory in the 2026 Assembly elections, which ended the 15-year rule of Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC). Since the election results were announced on May 4, incidents of clashe…
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