'No to BJP, But Yes to What?': Why Bengal’s Decisive Mandate Reflects Courage https://thewire.in/politics/no-to-bjp-but-yes-to-what-why-bengals-decisive-mandate-reflects-courage

"Clearly, by voting for the TMC they did not choose ‘suffering’, nor did they refuse ‘hope’ by rejecting the BJP. In fact, it can be argued that there were people who resorted to this simple binary, quite understandably, and gave the BJP a considerable ground in this election.

But those who chose the TMC also embraced certain forms of life. They accepted, despite the shortcomings, a form of governance which has displayed some political will in developing welfarist schemes for backward communities, in providing healthcare for the poor