Bengal Assembly Election Results: Mamata Banerjee has been in power in Bengal since 2011.
Mamata Banerjee, who has been in power for 10 years, won a third term in West Bengal on Sunday. Mamata Banerjee s Trinamool Congress is leading in 213 of Bengal s 294 seats and the BJP appears set to finish below the 100-mark. The Trinamool Congress had surged to power in 2011, toppling the 34-year Left citadel. It only improved its tally by 27 seats in 2016. For Mamata Banerjee, this was arguably the toughest poll of her political career, with the BJP which won just three seats the 2016 Assembly polls pulling out all stops in the state in a determined bid to oust Ms Banerjee, a vocal critic of Prime Minister Modi.
India Assembly Elections: Modi s party takes electoral hit amid Covid surge
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Public anger for allowing the elections to go forward despite the risk has been directed at both Modi’s government and the Election Commission.
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi suffered a resounding defeat in a key state election on Sunday, indicating his Hindu nationalist party’s political strength may be slipping as the country struggles to contain an unprecedented surge in coronavirus cases.
Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was unable to dislodge West Bengal state’s firebrand chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, after a hard-fought campaign.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally ahead of West Bengal state elections in Kolkata, India
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi suffered a resounding defeat in a key state election on Sunday, indicating his Hindu nationalist party’s political strength may be slipping as the country struggles to contain an unprecedented surge in coronavirus cases.
Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was unable to dislodge West Bengal state’s firebrand chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, after a hard-fought campaign.
On Sunday night, Mr Modi took to Twitter to congratulate his rival’s win.
He wrote: “The Centre will continue to extend all possible support to the West Bengal Government to fulfill people’s aspirations and also to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic.”
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally ahead of West Bengal state elections in Kolkata, India.
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a public rally ahead of West Bengal state elections in Kolkata, India.
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INDIA’S PRIME MINISTER Narendra Modi has suffered a resounding defeat in a key state election, indicating his Hindu nationalist party’s political strength may be slipping as the country struggles to contain an unprecedented surge in coronavirus cases.