Kolkata, Nov 14 (PTI) The decimating victory of the NDA in Bihar over the Mahagathbandhan may have big-pushed the BJP to a position where it can form a government even without Nitish Kumar if it wants, but the jury is out on whether that achievement can supply enough oxygen to the saffron camp in poll-bound West Bengal to upset the TMC apple cart.

The answer to that riddle, experts say, would depend on how efficiently Bengal’s warring parties handle the outcome of three critical factors in the run up to the scheduled assembly polls next year: SIR, dole politics and women voters.

With senior BJP leaders like Giriraj Singh already sounding the "Bengal's next" bugle early in the day and his "brace for the worst" warning for Mamata Banerjee finding resonance in statements of local saffron gr

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