PM Modi to visit BJP Delhi headquarters to celebrate poll results; likely to address workers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the BJP headquarters in Delhi on Monday, May 4, evening, as election trends indicate a win for the saffron party in West Bengal and Assam.

The prime minister will likely address party workers at the BJP headquarters, as has been the case during previous election victories.

“Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji will visit BJP HQ, New Delhi today at 6 PM,” BJP chief spokesperson Anil Baluni said in a post on X.

As votes were counted for assembly elections in West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry, the east seemed set to be coloured a vivid saffron. Besides West Bengal and Assam, the NDA is also likely to retain power in Puducherry.

At 1 PM, the BJP was forging a possible victory path in West Bengal with leads in 178 seats against the ruling TMC's 92 and surging ahead in Assam.

Assam election results

According to Election Commission data, the ruling NDA appeared to form the third consecutive government in Assam, leading in 98 assembly constituencies.

The majority mark to form a government is 64.

West Bengal election results

The BJP was leading in 178 seats against the Trinamool Congress' 83 as counting progressed for 293 assembly segments in the eastern state where Banerjee has been chief minister since 2011.

BJP's Suvendu Adhikari, Leader of Opposition (LoP) in West Bengal and a key party candidate, expressed confidence, stating, "The BJP will form the government with more than 180 seats."

In a dig at the TMC's poor showing, Adhikari added, "Rone dijiye. Khatam poora khatam."

He also emphasised the unity of the Hindu vote in favour of PM Modi, stating, "All Hindus are united in favour of Narendra Modi... After four rounds of counting, the BJP is forming its government." He highlighted the dominance of the BJP in Hindu-majority areas, though acknowledging the TMC's stronghold in regions like Malda, Murshidabad, and North Dinajpur, where Congress emerged as the preferred choice.

Party workers celebrate at Assam BJP HQ

Assam BJP headquarters wore a festive look on Monday afternoon, with party workers erupting into celebrations, as the ruling NDA was leading in 98 out of 126 assembly constituencies.

BJP workers carrying saffron flags beat drums, danced and smeared one another with gulal, amid chants of 'Joi Aai Asom' and 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai', at the Vajpayee Bhawan in Basistha on National Highway-27.

They also distributed sweets to passersby in front of the state BJP headquarters.

Assam BJP president Dilip Saikia offered prayers at the state party office here after the trends started coming in.

"This is a win for our pro-people work done by PM Narendra Modi and CM Himanta Biswa Sarma. It's a victory of people... Today, I am crying, but these are tears of happiness," BJP spokesperson Mita Nath Bora told PTI.

At the BJP office premises, a 'Nagara Naam' team was invited to perform, as party workers danced to the rhythm of the drums.

'Nagara Naam' is a devotional folk music tradition in lower Assam, rooted in the Neo-Vaishnavite bhakti movement of Srimanta Sankardeva and Madhabdeva.