From a negligible presence earlier, BJP s presence has significantly increased, PM Modi tweeted.
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BJP s presence has significantly increased , PM Modi said
Trinamool is likely to win more than the 211 seats it won in 2016
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday evening and assured that the Centre will continue to extend all possible support to the West Bengal Government to fulfil people s aspirations and also to overcome the COVID-19 pandemic . Counting the BJP s gains in a state where it only had a marginal presence, he thanked the people of Bengal for their blessing to the party.
Updated May 03, 2021 · 12:35 am West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata on Sunday. | PTI
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday led the Trinamool Congress to a spectacular victory by defeating the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Assembly elections that were held in a record-eight phase despite the raging coronavirus pandemic. By 12.20 am on Monday, the Trinamool Congress was leading in 213 of Bengal’s 294 seats and the saffron party appeared set to finish below the 100-mark.
The results for Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry have also been trickling in since 8 am.
Anti-incumbency took a beating in West Bengal, Assam and Kerala. In Tamil Nadu, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam-led alliance was leading in over 150 seats and party chief MK Stalin is all set to become the chief minister for the first time. In Puducherry, the All India NR Congress-led National Democratic Alliance beat the Congress
Mamata Banerjee s victory shows PM Modi, Shah not invincible, says Sanjay Raut ANI | Updated: May 02, 2021 19:15 IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 2 (ANI): Mamata Banerjee has sent out a message that PM Narendra Modi and Amit Shah are not invincible, said Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday. Mamata Banerjee has sent out a clear message that Modi Ji and Amit Shah Ji are not invincible. They can also be defeated, said Raut.
Making the game of thrones in Bengal more interesting, Mamata Banerjee chose Nandigram over her home turf Bhabanipur seat this time to test her fate in the 2021 elections.
Nandigram witnessed a high voltage Khela (game of power) on April 1 in the second phase of West Bengal assembly polls. The constituency has seen a direct contest between West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her former ministerial colleague Suvendu Adhikari, who had joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in December last year. It must be
TMC sweeps Bengal; DMK returns in TN; LDF creates history
New Delhi, May 2 (UNI) Mamata Banerjee-led All India Trinamool Congress looks set to retain the power in West Bengal, upsetting the pollsters who predicted a neck-and-neck contest with the BJP, as it was leading comfortably in 192 seats and won 21 of the 292 seats in the counting of votes for Assembly elections till 1900 hrs.
The Bharatiya Janata Party was at the distant second, leading in 75 seats and winning three seats (78).
The Left parties, which have once ruled the state for 35 years, and Indian National Congress failed to open their account.
In another significant development, Stalin-led Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, in alliance with Congress, will replace the 10-year-old rule of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, as it was racing ahead in 112 seats and declared elected in two seats and its alliance party INC leading in 16 seats.