West Bengal's political landscape in 2025 was dominated by the upcoming 2026 assembly polls, with the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls and cross-border unrest from Bangladesh shaping the discourse. The TMC sharpened its Bengali identity pitch, accusing the BJP of profiling migrant laborers and targeting genuine voters during the SIR. The BJP defended the revision as necessary for clean rolls and accused the TMC of shielding infiltrators. Communal violence in Bangladesh and the detention of Bengali-speaking migrants fueled political tensions.