No Victory Rallies Will Be Allowed After Results Are Out In Bengal, Says EC Official As BJP Leads In Early Trends

(MENAFN- Live Mint) ECI West Bengal Election Results: No rallies celebrating the victory of candidates will be allowed anywhere in West Bengal on Monday, a senior official of the Chief Electoral Officer's (CEO) office said.

The official also said the poll panel is looking into complaints that agents of different parties were unable to reach counting centres.

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“No rallies celebrating wins of candidates following the announcement of results will be allowed anywhere in the state today,” special observer Subrata Gupta told reporters.

The contest in West Bengal is considered a bipolar fight between the ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The TMC, led by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, has been in power in West Bengal for 15 years.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has started vote counting across all counting centres, and early trends indicate a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) surge in the state after 15 years. The BJP has already crossed the majority mark of 148 seats, according to early trends being reported on TV channels.

"We are looking into the issue of agents unable to reach their centres. It will be resolved soon," he said.

BJP's rise in Bengal

The BJP has not won assembly elections in West Bengal so far. Yet, it achieved a remarkable milestone in 2019 Lok Sabha elections by winning 18 of the 42 parliamentary seats of Bengal, a sharp increase from 2 seats it had won in 2014.

The BJP began contesting assembly elections in West Bengal as early as 1882. But the saffron party has never been in power in Bengal, where the political landscape, until very recently, has been dominated by the Left, the Congress, and the TMC.

No rallies celebrating wins of candidates following the announcement of results will be allowed anywhere in the state today BJP has not won assembly elections in West Bengal so far, yet it achieved a remarkable milestone in 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

In the last ten years, however, the BJP has experienced significant growth in West Bengal and emerged as the primary opposition to the Trinamool Congress (TMC) by increasing its vote share and winning substantial seats in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The saffron party won 77 seats in the 2021 assembly elections and became the state's principal opposition party.

(With PTI inputs)

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