Fresh from an electoral drubbing at the hands of the Trinamool Congress, the Bengal BJP leaders have said that they would revive and restore the party’s lost glory in the upcoming by-elections for four Assembly seats.

The by-elections to Raiganj, Bagdah, Ranaghat South and Maniktala seats would be held on July 14.

Three out of the four seats including Raiganj in North Bengal — other seats including Maniktala which is an Assembly segment in the Kolkata North parliamentary constituency are in South Bengal — were clinched by the BJP in 2021 Assembly elections but all the three MLAs later switched turned coat to join the TMC.

“There is a difference between the Lok Sabha elections and Assembly elections… the issues are different, often candidates too are different… so the result often changes… besides this time round the votes that went to Left and Congress would return to the BJP considering the fact that the BJP has once again emerged as the only opposition party for all practical reasons… the people will definitely vote for us and we shall win at least three out of four seats,” State Opposition Leader Suvendu Adhikari who returned to Kolkata after a brief stay in the national Capital said.

Confident from its fantastic show in the parliamentary polls TMC leadership however said that the by-elections were going to be an encore of the Lok Sabha polls.

“The BJP has lost its sheen and soon it will be reduced to a sign board if not a visiting card … they have been given the half dose by the people of Bengal … now they will be given the full dose … they will return empty handed,” TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh said.