Modi’s BJP captures West Bengal in major blow to opposition

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) scored a landmark victory in West Bengal on Monday (May 4), a state the party has never governed before. It secured 206 of 294 seats in the legislative assembly, dislodging Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

The result was the centrepiece of a broader electoral surge for the BJP. Across five states and territories that voted in April and May, the party also retained Assam and held Puducherry with its allies.

In Tamil Nadu, actor-turned-politician Joseph Vijay ousted the DMK government, while in Kerala, the Indian National Congress-led opposition defeated the communist government, ending leftist rule in one of its last remaining strongholds. #india #indianews

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