#AnirbanGanguly is director of the Hindu nationalist think tank Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation. He is also contesting the #Bengalassemblyelection for the BJP in Bolpur, where Manisha Pande caught up with him on the campaign trail.

In this interview, he talks about Bengali #Hindutva, his series of “intellectual sessions on restoring Bengali culture”, the unrest in the BJP over the nomination of Trinamool Congress turncoats in this election, how the party will ensure the turncoats align to its ideology, and even Narendra Modi’s flowing beard.