Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday hailed the Bharatiya Janata Party’s strong performance in the West Bengal Assembly elections, calling it a “historic victory” and attributing it to the people’s
rejection of “fear” and “appeasement politics”.
In a series of posts on X, Shah thanked the electorate and credited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the mandate.
“Millions of salutations to the people of Bengal,” Shah wrote, adding, “This resounding public mandate is the people of Bengal’s resounding response to those who spread fear, appeasement, and protection to infiltrators.”
Calling it a validation of PM Modi’s leadership, he wrote, “This is the victory of trust in Shri Narendra Modi ji over the TMC’s ‘fear’.”
Shah also underscored the symbolic scale of the BJP’s rise, stating, “For every BJP worker like me, this is a moment of pride that from the source of Mother Ganga in Gangotri to Gangasagar, today the BJP’s saffron flag is proudly waving everywhere.”
बंगाल की जनता को कोटि-कोटि नमन 🙏
यह प्रचंड जनादेश भय, तुष्टीकरण और घुसपैठियों के संरक्षकों को बंगाल की जनता का करारा जवाब है।
यह TMC के ‘भय’ के ऊपर श्री @narendramodi जी पर ‘भरोसे’ की जीत है।
मेरे जैसे हर भाजपा कार्यकर्ता के लिए यह गर्व का क्षण है कि गंगोत्री में माँ गंगा के…
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) May 4, 2026
Highlighting the party’s organisational struggle, Shah said, “This historic victory for the BJP in Bengal is the result of the sacrifices, struggles, and martyrdom of our countless workers.”
He added, “It is a triumph of the patience of those families who, even while enduring violence, never abandoned the saffron flag.”
Recounting the party’s journey, Shah wrote, “In this arduous journey of the BJP from zero to a resounding majority today, I bow to all those workers who offered their lives, endured violence, suffered tortures, and yet never wavered from the path of ideology, and to their families.”
He said the electorate had honoured those sacrifices, “The people of Bengal have paid tribute to all those martyred BJP workers through this resounding majority.”
बंगाल में भाजपा को मिली यह ऐतिहासिक जीत हमारे असंख्य कार्यकर्ताओं के त्याग, संघर्ष और बलिदान का परिणाम है। यह उन परिवारों के धैर्य की जीत है, जिन्होंने हिंसा सहकर भी भगवा ध्वज नहीं छोड़ा।
भाजपा की शून्य से आज प्रचंड बहुमत तक पहुँचने की इस कठिन यात्रा में जिन कार्यकर्ताओं ने अपने…
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) May 4, 2026
Sharpening his political attack, Shah said, “The people of Bengal have taught such a lesson to the infiltrators and their sympathisers that the parties indulging in the politics of appeasement will never be able to forget.”
He also struck a forward-looking note, stating, “With the hopes and aspirations with which Bengal has expressed this trust in the leadership of Shri Modi ji, we will certainly fulfill them.”
“BJP will work day and night to restore the lost glory of Bengal, and to realise the dream of ‘Sonar Bangla’,” he added.
बंगालवासियों ने घुसपैठियों और उनके हितैषियों को ऐसा सबक सिखाया है, जिसे तुष्टीकरण की राजनीति करने वाली पार्टियाँ कभी भूल नहीं पाएँगी।
बंगाल ने जिन आशाओं और आकांक्षाओं के साथ मोदी जी के नेतृत्व पर यह विश्वास जताया है, हम निश्चित रूप से उन्हें पूरा करेंगे।
चैतन्य महाप्रभु, स्वामी…
— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) May 4, 2026
BJP GAINS MOMENTUM IN COUNTING TRENDS
His remarks came as counting trends pointed to a strong showing by the BJP in the 294-member assembly.
According to news agency PTI, the party “won 18 seats and was leading in 185 others,” while the All India Trinamool Congress “bagged eight and was ahead in 76 constituencies”.
The BJP had already secured victories in Kalimpong, Darjeeling, Monteswar, Bhatar, Medinipur, Asansol Dakshin, Mekhliganj, Burwan, Nakasipara, Khardaha, Jagatballavpur, Jhargram, Saltora and Ranibandh, and also in Jamalpur, Raniganj, Jamuria and Barabani.
On the other hand, the TMC registered wins in Itahar, Sujapur, Samserganj, Bhagwangola, Bharatpur, Deganga, Kultali and Metiabruz constituencies.
SETBACK FOR TMC LEADERSHIP
The trends indicated trouble for the ruling party led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
PTI reported that “at least 23 ministers were trailing across constituencies.”
Among the key ministers, outgoing Education Minister Bratya Basu was trailing by 20,780 votes, Irrigation Minister Manas Ranjan Bhunia by 9,142 votes, Women and Child Development Minister Shashi Panja by nearly 14,633 votes, and Finance Minister Chandrima Bhattacharya by 10,851 votes.
In Singur, BJP candidate Arup Kumar Das was leading by 23,361 votes over TMC’s Becharam Manna, in what PTI described as a blow in a “politically significant constituency.”
The results come amid a high-stakes electoral battle in the state, with counting underway to determine the composition of the assembly.
Counting was being held in 293 seats, as polling in the Falta constituency in South 24 Parganas district was countermanded by the Election Commission.
