The spectacular result on May 23, 2019 proves just one point that BJP sensed that disgruntlement way back in 2017 but TMC and left thought it to be a "hype". The TMC that got 34 seats out of 42 in 2014 ended up winning just 22 seats as BJP rose from a mere two seats to a massive 18

Experts were suggesting that West Bengal would be tough for BJP, but even if they manage to get 6-8 seats, it would be BJP's win. But leads have shown that BJP has performed better than expected. States like Rajasthan, Gujarat, Delhi among others have seen a clean sweep by the BJP

What brought discomfort in TMC camp was news of Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee trailing. Though later he recovered. He fought it from the Diamond Harbour seat,w which is a prestige battle for the ruling Trinamool Congress

The BJP had hoped to compensate for the loss of seats to the SP-BSP gathbandhan in Uttar Pradesh (UP) by breaking new ground in Odisha and West Bengal (WB)

Siddaramaiah, senior Congress leader from Karnataka, visited Rahul Gandhi residence in New Delhi on Sunday (May 19). He spoke to MyNation about the Godse controversy and the poll violence in West Bengal

Shyam Jaju, national vice president of Bharatiya Janata Party, has condemned the violence happening in West Bengal during the polls.

Karnataka chief minister HD Kumaraswamy has expressed his unflinching support to West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee in the wake of the recent ruling by the Election Commission. The BJP, on the other hand, has alleged that Kumaraswamy hasn’t understood the nitty-gritty of Bengal politics.

West Bengal is not exactly new to political violence. In the 1960s, the Left and Congress workers used to have a go at each other on the streets of the state. Left goons were notorious for their high-handed ways. But Mamata Banerjee came to power promising 'poriborton' (change.) The events all through the election season, however, have proved that there is no real break from the past

Just after the Election Commission of India had ordered that campaigning in nine parliamentary constituencies of West Bengal must end by 10PM (Thursday, May 16), MK Stalin, chief of DMK, took to Twitter to express his displeasure. The BJP and the AIADMK have asked him to check for facts.

The BJP’s youth wing on Thursday (May 16) will distribute 10 lakh postcards printed with Mamata Banerjee’s official address in Kolkata to be sent by people with ‘Jai Shri Ram’ message

BJP leaders and workers staged protests in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, against chief minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, for attack on party cadres in Kolkata

Vivek Oberoi lashes out at West Bengal chief minister calling her a dictator, a day after his movie’s producer Sandip Ssingh tweeted calling her the ‘female Dawood of Bengal’.  The actor tweeted in support of BJP Youth wing leader Priyanka Sharma and BJP's Delhi unit leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga, who was detained last night.

Alleging that Muslim mobs are attacking and driving away Hindu families in Diamond Harbour's Nauhajari, the VHP delegation raised a number of issues from alleged police harassment in holding workshops to alleged attack on their cadres for chanting 'Jai Shri Ram'.

BJP leaders in Delhi held placards carrying slogans condemning the actions of the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal. The BJP termed the actions of the TMC government as a sign of defeat in the Lok Sabha election. On Tuesday, violence broke out in Kolkata where TMC and BJP cadres exchanged blows during Amit Shah's rally
 

The seats going to the polls are 13 each in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, nine in West Bengal, eight each in Bihar and Madhya Pradesh, four in Himachal Pradesh, three in Jharkhand and one in Chandigarh