ASSOCIATED PRESSNEW DELHI —Early trends predict a strong showing by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in West Bengal, surprising many who expected Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) to withstand the saffron wave. In 2014, when BJP swept the elections and won 282 seats, Trinamool Congress dug its heels in the state winning 34 of the 42 seats, leaving BJP with only three seats in the state. In 2016 assembly elections in the state, BJP won three seats of 293 for the first time in its history in Bengal. Bengal BJP president Dilip Ghosh had also told HuffPost India that they learnt from the drubbing they faced during the state elections and realised that despite corruption people vote for TMC. The results of the campaign are visible, with the BJP looking to record its best ever performance in the state.

Source: Huffington Post May 23, 2019 04:52 UTC