Change of Political Narrative in West Bengal—A New Dialectics
Abstract This article analyses the transformation of political narratives in West Bengal through the concept of a “new dialectics” emerging from the interaction among the Trinomial Congress, the Bharatiya Janata Party, and the CPI(M). It argues that political contestation has shifted from a predominantly class-based framework to a dynamic interplay of welfare populism, identity mobilization, and developmental discourse. The CPI(M)’s attempt to construct a broad-based, secular, and programmatic alternative is examined as a counter-hegemonic project within a polarized landscape. The study demonstrates that political narratives are relational, continuously reconstituted through conflict, adaptation, and strategic rearticulating in an evolving democratic context xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Abstract This article interrogates the transformation of political narratives in West Bengal and advances the argument that the state is witnessing the emergence of...