Incidents and recent cases going around these days in West Bengal and Bihar surely creates a doubt in our mind whether Bengal is heading towards becoming another Bihar. The statement is a complex one, and there can be a number of factors that could be considered in examining it.

• One of the most obvious growing similarity between the two states is their economic performance. Both are among the poor states of India, with per capita incomes below the national average. This economic backwardness has led to a number of social problems in both states, including high levels of poverty, lliteracy and unemployment.
• Another similarity between both the states is their political culture. Both states have a history of political instability, with frequent changes in the government. In West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress (TMC)  has been in power for over a decade, but it has been accused of corruption and cronyism. In Bihar, the Janata Dal (United) (JD-U) has been in power for the past few years, but it has also been criticised for its handling of the state's economy.

Local hooliganism can be another point to be highlighted. In Bihar and Uttar Pradesh, the local hooliganism is due to caste conflicts, unemployment and illiteracy. But in Bengal, it's more of a political thing than a social thing. Mamata Banerjee in a way to appease Muslims has made majority of the Hindus suffer. This created the rising consolidation of Hindu votes. Mamata Banerjee tends to be a mastermind who in turn would blame the opposing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) responsible for everything going wrong against her and her government.

A recent example can be stated, when the doctors strike shook the entire nation. Even though the initial attack on NRS was carried out by a particular "community", the doctors did not name out any of their religions in the protest keeping in mind their professional courtesy and human decency. But an obnoxious Mamta Banerjee pulled the trigger on herself by alleging on national TV with the statement "Hindu Doctors were not treating Muslim patients". This eventually exposed her own communal vote bank politics and added another feather on the cap of merging religion with politics.

Turning to Bihar, casteism is a deeply rooted social issue in the state. Caste-based discrimination and prejudices have historically been prevalent in Bihar's society, influencing social, economic, and political aspects of people's lives. Political dynamics in Bihar also very often revolve around caste considerations. Political parties align themselves with specific caste groups to gain electoral support, leading to the perpetuation of caste-based divisions and prejudices. Caste-based violence and conflicts occasionally occur, further exacerbating tensions within the society.

 Vandalism in Bihar is not new and it has become a normalcy in the state. Today, Bihar Police was accused of laticharge on a BJP leader Vijay Kumar Singh who was taking a protest march to the Bihar Legislative Assembly. Other instances of murders, mob lynching and vandalism are an everyday scene in Bihar. Recently, a woman's eyes, tongue and private parts were gouged out by 4 miscreants. Another day, a 14 year old student named Kishore Deepak Kumar was beaten to death for stealing a one-rupee coin. Another recent instance states that an 8 year old boy being stabbed with a knife multiple times, later the dead body was found in the Nalanda river. Such is the daily scenario of Bihar !

West Bengal is slowly increasing its rates of vandalism and hooliganism, making it no less than a second Bihar. The recent Gram Panchayat Elections itself is an example of how democracy is burning in the state. Videos of the people of West Bengal are circulating where they are burning ballot boxes in an attempt to show their rage against the ongoing proxy voting and booth capturing. Workers of BJP as well as TMC were found dead. Families were seen mourning the death of their loved ones in the name of elections. People are out in the streets demanding justice for their losses. It would not be wrong to call this a blood soaked Panchayat election.

Leaders of the opposition are attacking Mamta Didi's government over the media. They are openly pointing out that such atrocities tend to happen in states like Bihar and UP and now West Bengal is rapidly moving towards the same direction. Keeping in mind the current sceanrio, it would not be wrong to say that West Bengal is losing its ground and gradually heading towards destruction, as was in the case of the state of Bihar.