The Economic Times – Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi on Monday as counting trends showed the party surging past the majority mark in West Bengal and retaining power in Assam.
Addressing jubilant party workers, Modi opened with characteristic humility, “As a karyakarta, I join other BJP workers on this occasion,” before declaring that the lotus had finally bloomed in Bengal.
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.