BJP’s First Bengal Government Keeps Mamata’s Cash Transfer Model, Rebrands Lakshmir Bhandar as Annapurna Bhandar
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) formed its first ever government in West Bengal on May 9, 2026, ending a 15-year Trinamool Congress (TMC) regime. One of the reasons for this turnaround, economists and political experts have pointed out, was the social welfare-heavy governance of the Mamata Banerjee-leadership. But the new government’s agenda indicates that these…