The BJP was forging a possible victory path in West Bengal with leads in 192 seats against the ruling TMC’s 94. It is also surging ahead in Assam, according to trends on the Election Commission website.
BJP national spokesperson Shehzad Poonawalla said the election outcome has exposed deep cracks within the opposition bloc.
“The biggest takeaway of this election is that the ‘INDI’ alliance has completely broken and vanished. Rahul Gandhi has failed to lead the alliance. It was shown in the entire election that Rahul Gandhi failed to handle the ‘INDI’ alliance,” Poonawalla said in a post on X.
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He also criticised Gandhi for not being around on the counting day.”Election results are coming today and Rahul Gandhi is again abroad to celebrate holidays. There was no coordination between alliance partners,” the BJP spokesperson said, adding that the opposition bloc lacks cohesion and direction.
“Now there is no such thing as the ‘INDI’ alliance in the country. It has no future. RIP ‘INDI’ alliance,” he added.
Poonawalla credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the BJP’s growing footprint.
“Despite being in power continuously for 12 years in the country, BJP governments are being formed in new states and the BJP’s vote share is increasing and people’s confidence in BJP is getting stronger thanks to Modi ji,” he said.
BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawde thanked the people of West Bengal for voting for the party.
“Where (Syama Prasad) Mookerjee was born, that Bengal is ours. Heartiest congratulations to the people of Bengal for giving a historic mandate to the BJP in the West Bengal Assembly elections,” he said in a post on X.
