India News: KOLKATA: Though the BJP failed to dislodge Mamata Banerjee from power, the saffron party managed to weather the TMC storm emerging triumphant in 25 of.
BJP weathers Trinamool storm in north Bengal, maintains Lok Sabha gains
The tally of winning seats for the saffron party in north Bengal looks reasonable even after the overall setback , political analyst Subhomay Maitra said.
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KOLKATA: Though the BJP failed to dislodge Mamata Banerjee from power, the saffron party managed to weather the TMC storm emerging triumphant in 25 of 42 constituencies in six districts of the region in the high- octane assembly elections.
Nevertheless, the result was below BJPs impressive performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls when the saffron camp was ahead in 31 assembly segments in Cooch Behar, Alipurduar, Jalpaiguri, Darjeeling, Uttar Dinajpur and Dakshin Dinajpur.
The Centre sought a report from the West Bengal government on post-poll violence in the state. Political workers were allegedly targeted by opponents since the announcement of results for the Bengal Assembly where the ruling Trinamool Congress emerged victorious. The BJP has claimed several of its party workers have been killed and over 4,000 houses ransacked in incidents of post-poll violence.
Post-poll clashes in West Bengal, several dead
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May 04, 2021
West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh near his damaged vehicle after he was allegedly attacked following an election meeting in the Sitalkuchi area of Cooch Behar. - PTI
West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh near his damaged vehicle after he was allegedly attacked following an election meeting in the Sitalkuchi area of Cooch Behar. - PTI×
State BJP President to approach the Governor, Jagdeep Dhankhar listing the details of attacks by TMC supporters There were reports of post poll violence from various parts of West Bengal on Monday, including in the city, barely a day after the result of the hotly contested state assembly poll was declared and rivals TMC and BJP traded charges.
West Bengal violence live: BJP party president Jagat Prakash Nadda on two day visit to the state
West Bengal violence live: BJP party president Jagat Prakash Nadda on two day visit to the state
In the aftermath of over month-long assembly elections held in five states, parties took stock of what worked and what didn t after results were announced on May 2. In West Bengal, while TMC won a landslide victory of 213/294 seats, the BJP won 77. In Assam, BJP made a successful run for a second term in office winning 60/126 seats while in Tamil Nadu, DMK registered an impressive win of 133/234 seats dethroning AIADMK. In Kerala, LDF made history by coming back to power for a second consecutive term beating the four decades of alternating power between LDF and UDF. In Puducherry, AINRC is set to form the government in alliance with the BJP.