Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi, with early trends signalling major wins in Assam and West Bengal. Addressing the party workers at the BJP headquarters, PM Modi said, ‘As a karyakarta, I join other BJP workers on this occasion.’In his speech, BJP President Nitin Nabin said, ‘After the completion of the legislative Assembly elections in five states, I express my heartfelt gratitude to the people of India for the historic support they have given us. From the bottom of my heart, I congratulate and thank the people of all five states for expressing their trust in our leadership, in the BJP, and in the NDA.’
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The Bharatiya Janata Party is set to form the government in West Bengal for the first time, as counting trends on Monday showed the party surging past the majority mark in the 294-seat assembly, ending over a decade of Trinamool Congress rule under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party is set to form the government in West Bengal for the first time, as counting trends on Monday showed the party surging past the majority mark in the 294-seat assembly, ending over a decade of Trinamool Congress rule under Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the verdict as a triumph of people’s power. “The 2026 West Bengal Assembly Elections will be remembered forever. People’s power has prevailed and BJP’s politics of good governance has triumphed,” he said in a post on social media. He credited the result to grassroots workers across the state. “BJP’s record win in West Bengal would not be possible without the efforts and struggles of countless karyakartas over generations. I salute them all,” he added.
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Here are the key highlights of PM Modi’s speech:
- PM Modi opened his address by saying: “As a karyakarta, I join other BJP workers on this occasion.”
- He called the results “an announcement of India’s future of hope, hope of India’s democracy, hope of Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat.” Modi thanked the people of Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Puducherry and Assam for their mandates.
- He expressed gratitude to BJP karyakartas: “Today, I express gratitude to every BJP worker. You have helped in rewriting history today.”
- “The lotus has finally bloomed,” Modi said, referring to BJP’s first-ever win in West Bengal. He noted that these are the first assembly elections held after Jagat Prakash Nadda was succeeded by a new BJP national president.
- Modi also highlighted bypoll results, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Nagaland and Tripura all returned positive outcomes for the BJP-NDA.
- “We have shown the world how we are the mother of democracy. Not just India’s democracy, India’s constitution has also won. Our democratic processes have also won,” Modi said.
- He called West Bengal’s nearly 93% voter turnout a historic feat in itself, adding that Assam, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Kerala also witnessed historic turnouts across these elections.
- Modi credited women voters for playing a key role in driving the high turnout, calling it “the brightest picture of Indian democracy.”
- He also expressed gratitude to the security forces deployed across poll-bound states.
- Modi recalled a prediction he had made on November 14 at BJP headquarters when Bihar election results were announced: “I told you that Ganga ji will go till Ganga Sagar.”
- “Now after the West Bengal win, the lotus is blooming from Gangotri to Gangasagar, from Uttarakhand to Bihar to West Bengal,” he said.
