Opinion | Jamaat’s Borderland Breakthrough: Why Polarisation In West Bengal Will Intensify Before & After 2026 Assembly Poll

Heightened scrutiny on the Indian side had begun to tighten the porous border after BNP win in Bangladesh.

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In Bangladesh’s 13th parliamentary election held on 12 February 2026, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) secured a national landslide with over 200 seats. Yet a striking regional outcome has raised serious concerns in West Bengal: Jamaat-e-Islami won approximately 70-77 seats, with a heavy concentration in districts directly abutting the Indian border. The party swept all four constituencies in Satkhira, claimed three of four in Kushtia, and registered strong victories across Rangpur,