The Bhaiya of Delhi focused on self-promotion; here too, the chief minister does the same,” Gupta said. Multiple BJP sources said the decision to pitch Gupta in Bengal assumed significance as she is a woman chief minister who defeated the AAP in Delhi. “Projecting Rekha Gupta, a woman chief minister, to mobilise women voters in Bengal can work better than deploying other women leaders of the BJP,” said a BJP leader. We found that even if male members of a family voted for the BJP, its women vote for Trinamool. As women constitute almost half of the electorate, the BJP needs their votes to win,” a BJP source said.
