West Bengal elections: Why is the BJP using fish in its campaign strategy? | Talking Politics

2026-03-26 - 13:40

Sharadwat Mukherjee, the BJP candidate from Bidhannagar, canvassed with a fish, trying to tell people that the saffron camp would never put any restrictions on non-vegetarian food if they were voted to power in West Bengal. What’s the backstory to this? Why are political parties tapping into dietary preferences of their voters?