Bengal, with its polarised minority vote, makes Hindutva & security good poll planks, feels BJP

“Your next chief minister will be a son of the soil, Bengali-speaking and a capable person,” Shah said at the press conference, amid speculations that the party might not project a chief ministerial candidate until the results are announced on May 4.

“All BJP-ruled states will follow the UCC. Bengal will not be an exception. If the nation’s law and Constitution treats every citizen as equal then how can one citizen have four wives while another can have only one?” Shah said.

The manifesto focused largely on women and youth. Women comprise a sizable chunk of the vote base of the Trinamool Congress, which is looking for a fourth straight term.