West Bengal Election Results: TMC on the way to make history, party celebrates in green
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TMC leads
Counting of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal began with the rest of the country at 8 am on Tuesday. The TMC was leading in 31 seats after several rounds of counting, while the BJP was ahead in 10, and Congress in one, according to the Election Commission website at 12:30 PM.
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Reflection of faith
The TMC said the results are a reflection of people's faith in the "pro-people policies" of the Mamata Banerjee government and a decisive mandate against the BJP in the state. "The results are a reflection of people's faith in the pro-people policies of the TMC government led by our supremo Mamata Banerjee," TMC spokesperson Santanu Sen was quoted as saying by news agency PTI.
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Exit polls a 'farce'
"The people through this decisive mandate against the BJP have defeated the anti-Bengal forces. The results have also proved that the exit polls were a farce by the pro-BJP media," Sen was further quoted as saying. Exit polls had shown BJP winning with a clear majoriy in Bengal, and in India.
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Green gulal
Ecstatic TMC activists started celebrating by dancing to drum beats and smeared each other with 'green' gulal as the trends across West Bengal poured in. In 2019, the TMC had won 22 seats, whereas the BJP had won 18, and the Congress had bagged two seats. If the trends hold up, the TMC is poised to win with a historic margin.
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Slogans echo
"Joy Bangla (Hail Bengal)", "TMC Zindabad," BJP Hai Hai" slogans rented the air as thousands of TMC supporters hit the streets in Jadavpur, Kolkata Dakshin, Kolkata Uttar, Diamond Harbour, Barrackpore, seats in the city and its neighbourhood. Jubilant party supporters also gathered in large numbers in Asansol, Durgapur-Bardhaman and many other parts and exchanged sweets.
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Celebrations just started
"The celebrations have just started. The consistent campaign by the outsider BJP against Bengal, and the comments by the Prime Minister against the eating habits of people have been rebuffed by the voters. People have voted for Didi and Abhishek Banerjee," said a TMC activist in Jadavpur. Many workers were spotted holding pictures of the TMC supremo and cutouts of the party symbol.