About this episode

The episode discusses the significant outcomes of the 2026 Assembly elections, focusing on the BJP's victory in West Bengal and the political shifts in Tamil Nadu.

Yesterday, in the Assembly election, most states voted for change. And the biggest result came from West Bengal, where the BJP won a landslide victory, ending Mamata Banerjee and the Trinamool Congress’ 15 year rule. In Tamil Nadu, actor-politician Vijay’s party, TVK, delivered a major sweep by coming close to the halfway mark and toppling the DMK-led government. The Indian Express' Neeta Sharma with Deeptiman Tiwary, Liz Mathew, Vikas Pathak, and Neerja Chowdhury discuss the larger message of the results including BJP’s booth-level consolidation in Bengal, the collapse or weakening of old political structures, Vijay’s emergence in Tamil Nadu, alliance dynamics, and what these verdicts signal for national politics. Hosted by Ichha Sharma Produced and written by Shashank Bhargava and Ichha Sharma Edited and mixed by Suresh Pawar

People in this episode

Host: Ichha Sharma

Guests: Neeta Sharma, Deeptiman Tiwary, Liz Mathew, Vikas Pathak, Neerja Chowdhury

Topics covered

• assembly election results
• political analysis
• BJP victory
• Tamil Nadu politics
• political dynamics
• national politics

Keywords

• assembly elections
• BJP
• West Bengal
• Tamil Nadu
• political change
• Vijay
• Trinamool Congress
• DMK
• political analysis

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: BJP, Trinamool Congress, DMK

Places: West Bengal, Tamil Nadu

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