In West Bengal election count, Subhendu Adhikari claims BJP’s lead on 130+ seats. He expressed confidence of forming the government by unification of Hindu votes and division of Muslim votes. There was a tough competition in the initial trends.
Counting of votes for West Bengal Assembly elections continues. Meanwhile, state leader of opposition and BJP candidate from Nandigram-Bhabanipur, Subhendu Adhikari on Monday expressed full confidence in his party’s performance. He claimed that as per initial trends, BJP is leading in more than 130 seats, while Trinamool Congress is leading in around 100 seats.
Shubhendu confident about victory
Shubhendu said that the competition may be tough in the initial rounds in Bhawanipur, but as the further rounds are counted, he will take the lead. Talking to reporters, he said, “BJP is forming the government. In the initial trend, BJP is 135 plus and Trinamool is around 100. In Bhawanipur, the contest will be very close in the first few rounds. Out of 14 booths in the first round, 6 are Muslim dominated. Last time they got 90-95% votes from here, but this time it did not happen; there is a dent in it. I am ahead in 8 Hindu booths. From 9-10th round I will take the lead in Bhawanipur.”
Shubhendu further said, “Not only is there an anti-incumbency wave, Hindu votes have also united in favor of the lotus symbol. This is a very good sign for us… Muslim votes have also been divided in Malda, Murshidabad and North Dinajpur.”
Shubhendu told ANI, “This time Hindus have voted as one. And the way Muslims used to vote for Trinamool, it did not happen this time. Some votes have gone towards Muslim-friendly parties. BJP has also got a few votes. Such good results were not expected at the Muslim booths of Nandigram… The guarantee of making Bengal under the leadership of Prime Minister Modi ji has gone in their favor. There is no need to be so hasty.” I will talk again after 11 am.”
Counting of votes continues
Till around 9 am in the morning, the initial trends of West Bengal Assembly elections were showing a close contest between BJP and Trinamool Congress. According to preliminary data, both the parties were leading on about 112 seats. However, the Election Commission had not released any preliminary trends till then.
At the same time, in Tamil Nadu, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) had a slight lead over the AIADMK-led alliance. DMK was ahead on about 55 seats and the opposition alliance was ahead on about 25 seats.