NEW DELHI: Union home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win 26 of the 30 seats that went to polls in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly election.
Reacting to Amit Shah’s statement, Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee questioned the claim.
According to the feedback received from the ground, Shah said the BJP has got clear-cut indications that it will win 37 of the 47 Assembly seats in Assam that went to polls in the first phase on Saturday.
Shah while addressing a press conference said the peaceful polling and the high voter turnouts are positive signs for the two states and thanked the voters.
He also expressed gratitude towards the Election Commission (EC) for conducting peaceful elections in Assam and violence-prone West Bengal.
He exuded confidence that the saffron party will register a massive electoral victory in West Bengal by winning more than 200 seats in the 294-member Assembly and also improve its tally in Assam.
Shah also appealed to the people of Nandigram, from where West Bengal chief minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee is contesting the polls, to vote for change and a better future of the state.