Explainer: Bengal's bloody pre-election affairs in retrospect

As Bengal turns into a battleground ahead of the 2021 Assembly elections, the moot question is who is responsible for the cycle of violence? The violence that erupts between political parties is not new as the history of the same in West Bengal goes back two decades, a time when neither the TMC nor the BJP was in Bengal’s political spectrum. Apparently, controlling the means of violence ensures the credibility of a party to draw its supporters in West Bengal. Meanwhile, no political parties have been able to stop cases of political violence despite all efforts.