Bulldozers and Politics: The Bengal Confrontation Unfolds The demolition drive in West Bengal's Hooghly district on Monday has escalated tensions between the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), with both sides trading accusations of high handedness.
This latest chapter in an ongoing war of words between the two parties is rooted in their long standing confrontation over alleged illegal constructions across Bengal.
The BJP sees these demolitions as evidence of the TMC's corrupt practices and crony capitalism, a plank of its campaign to oust the Mamata Banerjee led administration.