As the NDA registered a resounding victory in the Bihar Assembly elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised the pitch for and set the eyes on Bengal next. Addressing party workers at the BJP headquarters in Delhi on Friday evening, PM Modi said after Bihar, BJP will next uproot the "jungle raj" in Bengal.
As per the Bihar Assembly elections results announced by the Election Commission on Friday, the NDA was crossing the 200-mark, ensuring a 2/3rd majority.
"Ganga flows through Bihar and reaches Bengal. Bihar has also paved the way for the BJP's victory in Bengal. I also congratulate the brothers and sisters of Bengal. Now, together with you, the BJP will uproot jungle raj from West Bengal as well," PM Modi said amid a rousing roar from thousands of party workers that were present during the celebrations.
With the Assembly elections to the 293 seats of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, will be held in 2026, the BJP and the Trinamool are likely to fight around the issues of women's safety, law and order situation, infiltration from Bangladesh, and Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral roll, among others.
The SIR holds special significance in the run-up to the high-stake Bengal polls next year as it aims to flush out illegal voters from the electoral roll, an issue that has become a bone of contention between the two rival parties in the state.
Notably, SIR 1.0 was successfully carried out in Bihar, resulting in the removal of around 65 lakh fake voters from the state's voter list. The Mahagathbandhan vehemently opposed the drive, alleging it deliberately targeted the voter-base favouring them.
Continuing his tirade against Opposition party, PM Modi slammed the Congress, calling it a "parasite party", who harms its allies during elections. PM Modi warned that the allies should think twice before tying up with the Congress.
"Even the Congress allies are beginning to understand that the Congress is drowning everyone in its negative politics. That is why, during the Bihar elections, I said that the 'naamdar' of the Congress is practising to drown himself and others in the Bihar elections by taking a dip in the pond," PM Modi asserted.
