Both Dalit and Muslim politics in Bengal had been contained within an edifice that denied them independent political space and economic empowerment. Dalits are seeking more assertive political space through the BJP; and Muslim politics is looking to experiment with different possibilities. As Rahul Varma pointed out, the BJP used Dalit politics for Hindutva consolidation in Bengal. This is ideal terrain for the BJP. It could use Dalits as a wedge to throw open the caste character of the dominant Bengali order.-https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/west-bengal-assembly-elections-2021-mamata-banerjee-modi-amit-shah-tmc-bjp-7224390/
Bengal is not unusually high on crime, but it has been high on political violence and intimidation. Violence was baked into the party state of the CPM. It took a form of counter-violence to shake it off. In some ways, elections in Bengal are about memories of victimisation by political violence. Even parts of the left turned to the BJP precisely to counteract victimisation by TMC cadres. The BJP has tapped into this theme of victimisation of violence.
'4 Cs' of Bengal politics — caste, communalism, corruption and coercion.