West Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to highlight the army's surgical strikes in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and the developmental policies of the Centre in its campaign for the November 19 by-poll in the state.

" The Trinamool Congress, in its campaign, is calling the BJP a communal force. We will campaign on how fundamentalism is rising in the state under the TMC rule. We will highlight what a strong government can do to give a befitting reply to Pakistan. We will also use the developmental policies of the (Narendra) Modi government in our campaign," a senior state BJP leader said.

By-polls to the Cooch Behar and Monteswar seats were necessitated following the deaths of TMC MP Renuka Sinha and MLA Sajal Panja respectively.

The by-poll to the Tamluk Lok Sabha seat is being held as TMC MP Suvendu Adhikari subsequently won the West Bengal assembly election from the Nandigram seat. Adhikari is now a state minister.