Kolkata, February 8 Senior BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari claimed on Sunday that the party would secure a two-thirds majority in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections and form the government by April, ending the 15-year rule of Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress.
Addressing a rally in Birbhum district, Adhikari said that the electorate had made up its mind and asserted that the TMC would suffer a decisive defeat in both north and south Bengal.
He alleged that the ruling party would no longer be able to "intimidate voters" or resort to proxy voting, claiming that the deletion of the names of "fake voters" following the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls had curtailed such practices.
"The situation is clear. We will win the 2026 Assembly elections emphatically and form the government by April. In May, we will announce a monthly financial grant of Rs 3,000 for every woman. I am making this commitment here," said the leader of the opposition.
Countering Adhikari, TMC state general secretary Kunal Ghosh said, "Adhikari may keep dreaming to boost the morale of BJP workers, as he knows that the saffron party will not even achieve a double-digit score in the upcoming polls."
TMC MP Kalyan Bandhopadhyay said that the BJP will face serious electoral setbacks in this year's polls, as the people of Bengal will never support a party unfamiliar with the ethos of Bengal and its prominent figures.