Trump congratulates PM Modi on BJP's historic victory in Bengal
US President Donald Trump has congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the BJP’s historic victory in the Bengal assembly elections.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured a historic victory in the 2026 West Bengal assembly elections, winning 206 seats and ending the fifteen-year rule of the Trinamool Congress. Meanwhile, despite the result, outgoing Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee refused to resign, alleging the theft of over one hundred seats and citing electoral malpractice. But the big question is, what led to BJPs sweep in Bengal? Watch as panellists decode what led to the BJP's perfect storm in Bengal that swept away Mamata Banerjee's government.
US President Donald Trump has congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the BJP’s historic victory in the Bengal assembly elections.
A day after BJP scripted history by winning 206 seats in West Bengal, Union Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw was seen relishing jhalmuri after a cabinet briefing in Delhi.
The Tamil Nadu assembly election results caused a significant shift in the state's political landscape as a newly formed party, led by an actor-turned-politician Vijay, emerged as the single largest party.
The West Bengal assembly election results have triggered a potential constitutional crisis as the outgoing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has refused to resign despite a decisive defeat.