As counting for 293 West Bengal assembly seats began, BJP leaders expressed strong confidence in securing a landslide victory. State president Samik Bhattacharya claimed voters had rejected the ruling TMC and Mamata Banerjee. BJP candidates echoed the sentiment, asserting that people voted for change, while TMC aims for a fourth consecutive term.
West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya said he was confident of a landslide victory, as counting of votes for the assembly elections began on Monday morning.
Counting of votes for 293 seats of the assembly began at 8 am, as the TMC eyes a fourth straight term in power and the BJP seeks to script history by forming its first government in the state.
VIDEO | West Bengal BJP President Samik Bhattacharya says, “It will be democracy’s win; the people of Bengal have rejected TMC.”#AssemblyPollsWithPTI#WestBengalPollsWithPTI
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“People of the state have already rejected the Trinamool Congress government, and in a few hours, the overwhelming majority of the seats will confirm that in the fight between Mamata Banerjee and the people, people have rejected Mamata Banerjee,” Bhattacharya said outside a counting centre in Kolkata.
BJP’s Kharagpur Sadar candidate, Dilip Ghosh, claimed that people have voted for change.
#WATCH | Kolkata: On Counting of votes, West Bengal BJP President Samik Bhattacharya says, “The dreams of the BJP workers are about to come true. This is the worker of the entire country… The dream of forming a government from Gangotri to Ganga Sagar is going to be fulfilled… pic.twitter.com/NAOT8Mb7ZT
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