•BJP aims to convert its decade-long electoral surge into power in West Bengal, banking on anti-incumbency against TMC and communal polarization.
•Organizational gaps and SIR-altered voter rolls present both opportunities and challenges for the BJP, affecting refugee vote banks.
•The party seeks to breach its 'final ideological frontier' in West Bengal, a state historically significant for Jana Sangh founder Syama Prasad Mookerjee.
•BJP transformed from 4% vote share in 2011 to 38% and 77 seats in 2021, becoming the principal opposition.
•Despite relying on national leadership, the BJP faces challenges with grassroots organization and the 'outsider versus Bengali' narrative.
