After the BJP won the West Bengal Assembly elections, BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari said that TMC chief Mamata Banerjee and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi are "finished", adding, "[SP chief] Akhilesh (Yadav) is next." "Her political exile has started,” Suvendu said about Mamata. Notably, Uttar Pradesh will go to the polls in 2027, where SP is the BJP’s main challenger.