The victory is special for the RSS fraternity in its centenary year. Its founder, K B Hedgewar, was a part of the revolutionary organisation, Anushilan Samiti, as a medicine student in Kolkata. West Bengal has always been a priority area for the party. Shyama Prasad Mookerjee, a prominent Hindu Mahasabha leader and later the founder President of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh, was from West Bengal.