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BJP signals to go solo in upcoming Bengal civic polls despite NCPI's push for NDA alliance

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appears set to go solo in the upcoming civic elections in West Bengal, despite growing indications from its ally at the Centre, the Nationalist Citizens Party of India (NCPI), that it wants to contest the polls alongside the saffron party. The contrasting positions have brought the relationship between the two parties under the spotlight ahead of the municipal elections, which are likely to be held in December. While the NCPI wants its partnership with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at the Centre to extend to Bengal, the BJP's state leadership has made it clear that it is preparing to fight the civic polls on its own.