Fish, music, sport - BJP's novel ways to win Bengal's heart

Aiming to throw a serious challenge to the Trinamool Congress in next year's panchayat poll ahead of the bigger battle in 2019, the BJP is looking at novel ways to court the masses.

And what better way to reach a common Bengali's heart than through fish, music and sports?

So, the saffron brigade has lined up a fish festival, a music fest and two-month-long sports meets across the state to shore up its popularity among the masses.

In fact, the BJP has already started the ball rolling, organising football matches and cricket and kabaddi tournaments.

Some of the associates of the BJP, who closely work with the party and Sangh Parivar, have planned to organise a fish festival.

"The people of Bengal love sports and music. From football to cricket, from kabaddi to carrom, people of this state love sports. So we decided to organise a two-month-long sports tournaments across the state. We have asked our youth wing to organise these festivals," West Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh told

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