2026 Bengal polls will be remembered forever, says PM as BJP surges past 200
Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised BJP workers who worked on the ground in Bengal despite adversities and helped the party get a landslide victory in the state it has eyed for decades.
by Sharangee Dutta · India TodayIn Short
- 'Lotus blooms in Bengal,' tweets PM Modi
- He hails BJP workers who worked on the ground, calls them party's strength
- Promises Bengal people that their dreams and aspirations will be fulfilled
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the BJP workers in Bengal for their hardwork and said that the 2026 assembly election will be remembered forever. "The lotus blooms in West Bengal," he tweeted. The BJP's stunning victory in Bengal, which it has longed for years, has added to the growing list of states in India ruled by the saffron side.
In two posts on X, PM Modi said the win would not have been possible without the struggles and efforts of "countless karyakartas over generations". He also addressed the people of Bengal, saying that the BJP would do "everything possible" to fulfil their dreams and aspirations.
"The Lotus blooms in West Bengal. The 2026 West Bengal Assembly Elections will be remembered forever. People's power has prevailed and BJP's politics of good governance has triumphed. I bow to each and every person of West Bengal. The people have given a spectacular mandate to the BJP and I assure them that our Party will do everything possible to fulfil the dreams and aspirations of the people of West Bengal. We will provide a government that ensures opportunity and dignity to all sections of society," he tweeted.
The BJP, which was long seen as an 'outsider' and 'Hindi party' in Bengal, a state ruled by the Left for 34 years, has finally broken the system. It won only three seats in the 2016 Assembly elections, which dramatically rose to 77 – making it the Opposition in the state – in 2021, before capturing the state this election.
The Prime Minister said that such a performance would not have been possible without the workers who worked hard on the ground for years.
"The BJP’s record win in West Bengal would not have been possible without the efforts and struggles of countless Karyakartas over generations. I salute them all. For years, they have worked hard on the ground, overcome all sorts of adversities and spoken about our development agenda. They are the strength of our party," PM Modi tweeted.
The BJP is ahead in more than 200 seats and Banerjee's TMC is trailing in only two digits.
The results show that the anti-incumbency factor was high in Bengal in this election, with even urban voters unhappy with Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress's governance. The TMC pegged their campaign narrative on the Bengali identity and tagged the BJP as outsider. However, it appears that the BJP not only retained their bastions in North Bengal, but also made major breaches in multiple TMC strongholds. The minority vote, which had historically remained with Banerjee, also seems to have shifted.
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