Says women have ‘punished’ Cong
BJP will restore Bengal’s glory: Shah
New Delhi, May 4: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s overwhelming performance in the West Bengal Assembly elections, dubbing it as the victory of good governance over regressive rule of Trinamool Congress’ governance.
“The Lotus blooms in West Bengal! The 2026 West Bengal Assembly Elections will be remembered forever,” Prime Minister Modi said in an emphatic message on social media platform X, even as the election result trends continue to put the party in pole position — after hours of counting which began at 8 a.m. on Monday morning.
The Prime Minister is also set to visit the BJP headquarters shortly, to participate in the party’s victory celebrations and also delivering a rousing speech to thousands of karyakartas.
Hailing the Bengal’s mandate as “display of people’s power”, he said that the BJP’s politics of good governance has triumphed and vowed to fulfil the dreams and aspirations of every person of the state.
“I bow to each and every person of West Bengal. The people have given a spectacular mandate to BJP and I assure them that our Party will do everything possible to fulfil the dreams and aspirations of the people of West Bengal. We will provide a Government that ensures opportunity and dignity to all sections of society,” PM Modi added.
The Prime Minister also saluted the ‘Karyakartas’ (party workers) for their constant endeavours and struggles in ensuring an emphatic victory for the BJP in West Bengal.
“For years, they (BJP workers) have worked hard on the ground, overcome all sorts of adversities and spoken about our development agenda. They are the strength of our Party. I salute them,” he wrote on X.
Calling it a gang of “Urban Naxals”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hit out at the Congress for its “anti-women” stand of opposing the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, saying angry women voters have punished Congress and DMK.
“I am confident that Kerala’s women voters will also teach the Congress a lesson in the next election,” the Prime Minister said, while delivering a victory speech at the BJP headquarters in Delhi.
He also trained his guns on the Samajwadi Party, saying that the party will have to face the anger of women for its anti-women policies.
“Today, there is not a single state with a Left government. Today’s Bharat wants development and a brand of politics which takes the nation forward, but the Congress is moving in a regressive direction and joining hands with the ideology of Communism, which has been rejected the world over,” PM Modi stated.
“Maoism, which is breathing its last in jungles, has taken root in the Congress, which has become a gang of urban naxals,” he said.
The Prime Minister said the divisive politics of the three parties, which have been defeated in Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, proved to be their undoing.
“The Congress ruled almost all the states after Independence. But as the decades passed by and the emotion of Independence subsided, the Congress started losing the trust of people,” he said.
The Congress is on the path of shrinkage as it has not been able to understand the country’s culture and aspirations, he said.
“Bharat and Bharatiyata are the supreme emotions for the BJP. The BJP is not just a national party but a party capable of fulfilling national aspirations with regional aspirations. This is why the BJP is winning the hearts of the voters,” he said.
Hitting out at dynastic parties, he said the BJP pursues politics linked to ground realities. “This is why BJP is the choice of farmers and people in the east,” he said.
Reflecting on the regime change in Tamil Nadu and the UDF win in Kerala, he said the Union government will support the new governments in these states as well and congratulate the parties that have won in these states.
“I once again thank voters in Bengal, Assam and Puducherry for the BJP’s victory and for making the democracy stronger,” he said.
He referred to the global turmoil due to the Iran conflict and said that even during the disturbing times, the voters in India voted for stability and supported the country to face the international crisis in a united manner.
“The pledge of achieving Viksit Bharat@2047 is linked to the resurgence in the East. In the old times, the then Bihar, Bengal and Odisha were the three pillars of greatness of Bharat,” he said.
He said Kalinga (Odisha) was a maritime superpower, Ang (Bihar) was a powerhouse of the cotton and silk trade, and Banga (Bengal) was the cultural epicentre.
“For achieving Viksit Bharat, we need to revive all three pillars of Ang, Banga and Kalinga. I am happy all these three states have reposed faith in the BJP to move ahead on the path of development,” he added.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah also welcomed the Bengal poll outcome and pledged to use this opportunity to turn the state into ‘Sonar Bangla’.
“With the hopes and aspirations with which Bengal has expressed this trust in the leadership of PM Narendra Modi ji, we will certainly fulfill them. BJP will work day and night to restore the lost glory of Bengal, the sacred land of great personalities like Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, Swami Vivekananda, Kavi Guru Tagore, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, and Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee, and to realise the dream of ‘Sonar Bangla’.”
The Home Minister was also unsparing in criticism over appeasement politics in the state, emphasising that the people of West Bengal have taught a lesson to the infiltrators and their sympathizers and those indulging in politics of appeasement will never be able to forget it.
Remembering the slain BJP workers in political violence, Home Minister Amit Shah said, “The historic victory for the BJP in Bengal is the result of the sacrifices, struggles, and martyrdom of our countless workers. It is a triumph of the patience of those families who, even while enduring violence, never abandoned the saffron flag. 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.”
