The 2021 Union Budget had more than its fair share of goodies for all the poll-bound states, including West Bengal. However, for Bengal, the budget chose to direct its focus primarily on North Bengal, which already happens to be a BJP bastion.
One might ask why is the BJP targeting an area where it has already solidified its presence instead of an area where it is yet to make inroads? To which, one of the probable answers is that the BJP is playing a classic ‘Sicilian Defence’ opening.
Those familiar which chess would know that the ‘Sicilian Defence’ is one the most aggressive forms of defensive openings in the game whereby the player not only protects the centre of the board but also leaves the sides to attack.
...and this is exactly how the BJP is trying to tackle North Bengal, especially the tea workers, who have an influence over at least 15 assembly seats. The BJP aims to win at least 50 out of the 54 seats in North Bengal.
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced Rs 25,000-crore worth of road projects and the creation of 675 kms of National Highway. She further allotted Rs.1000 crore for the development and betterment of tea workers, especially women and their children in Assam and West Bengal.
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