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Will Bengal, Tamil Nadu put a spanner in the BJP’s well-oiled election machinery? Radhika Ramaseshan Small Large Unlike the Congress, which was happy as long as it dominated Delhi, the BJP believes in a clean sweep both at the Centre and the states. Five states are about to go to polls and the BJP is fighting at least a couple of them with the vigour and vehemence it vents during a Lok Sabha election. It’s as though the fate of the central government will be decided by the outcome in West Bengal and Assam, but that’s the BJP for you. King-size or pocket-sized, micro, medium or macro, when a battleground beckons, the party musters all its forces. A fresh conquest means raising the height of its power structure and fortifying its edifice. No election is too big or too small for the BJP. Other parties - notably the Aam Admi Party and Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen - are also bellying up to the idea of treating every election as a last-gasp chan

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