It is Amit Shah who can be credited for reshaping Bengal’s political map, not with a sudden magician’s flourish, but with the steady hand of a strategist who chose calculated moves over high stakes gamble.
A sharp rise in BJP’s vote share in Bengal has reshaped the political map, delivering a decisive mandate and altering the balance among major and smaller parties.
Constituency-wise winners across Bengal highlight regional political shifts, with major parties securing key strongholds while smaller players mark presence in select districts.
After losing ground in key constituencies, Mamata Banerjee accused authorities of unfair practices, questioned the election outcome’s legitimacy, and signalled a political fight ahead for her party.
At BJP HQ in Delhi, PM Modi hailed the party’s performance in multiple states, calling it a mandate rooted in public trust and long-term organisational efforts.
Celebrations break out at BJP HQ as Modi arrives to address workers, with the party registering strong gains across Bengal, Assam and Puducherry.
Amit Shah frames BJP’s Bengal performance as a turning point, crediting grassroots workers, invoking ideology, and promising to deliver on aspirations tied to the vision of ‘Sonar Bangla’.
ECI enforces strict counting rules in Bengal, stopping Abhishek Banerjee at a Kolkata centre while issuing directions over mobile phone violations during Bhabanipur vote counting.
In an official statement issued here on Monday, the Maharashtra unit spokesperson of the BJP said that the BJP's lotus has blossomed in the muck created by Mamata Banerjee for the last 15 years as her ‘Didigiri’ has finally come to an end in West Bengal.
With the completion of the West Bengal elections, focus has now shifted to a possible cabinet expansion in Bihar, where the first BJP-led government was formed on April 15, with Samrat Choudhary sworn in as the state's first Chief Minister from the BJP.
