Opinion: Scrapping Of OBC List Will Help Mamata More Than BJP Despite Polarisation Ahead Of Kolkata Polls

Polling officials check voting materials before leaving for the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha elections, at Hasting House distribution centre in Kolkata, on May 31, 2024.

Source : PTI

As Kolkata goes to polls on June 1 in the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections, the city’s political atmosphere is charged with anticipation and strategy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee have both intensified their campaigns, with Modi conducting a significant roadshow and Banerjee countering with her own set of rallies. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is acutely aware that winning over Kolkata, a stronghold of Banerjee’s Trinamool