West Bengal

West Bengal

India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters celebrate as early trends show their party leading in the West Bengal state assembly election results, outside the party's regional office in Kolkata, India, 4 May 2026. Photo: Reuters

BJP’s victory in West Bengal and the future of Bangladesh-India ties

The Business Standard spoke to five experts to decode what BJP's win in West Bengal means for the future of Bangladesh-India ties

Supporters of India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) celebrate as early trends indicate the party is leading in the West Bengal assembly election results on May 4, 2026. Photo: REUTERS

Mamata era ends in West Bengal as BJP storms to landslide win

The decisive rejection of Banerjee’s 15-year-old government has been largely fuelled by strong anti-incumbency. Photo: Hindustan Times

Mamata Banerjee: The rise and fall of the gritty street fighter

FILE PHOTO: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures, at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi, India, June 4, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo

Lotus blooms in West Bengal, says Modi as TMC stares at crushing defeat in its own bastion

Screengrab shows clashes between BJP and TMC supporters in Cooch Behar’s Dinhata during vote counting in West Bengal, India today (4 May).

BJP-Trinamool clash in Cooch Behar amid vote counting

West Bengal assembly poll results to reshape Indian politics

West Bengal assembly poll results to reshape Indian politics

Logo of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Photo: Collected

‘People have rejected Mamata’: BJP Bengal president confident of landslide victory in 2026 elections

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrates after his election win on 4 June 4, 2024. Photo: AFP

'New fear-free chapter in Bengal begins today': Modi after historic poll win

Various electors had to wait in the queue for over an hour amid the EVM malfunction Photo: PTI

Repolling disrupted in West Bengal, India after EVM malfunction halts voting

Indian flag is seen in this illustration taken 25 April 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/ File Photo

West Bengal assembly poll records highest voters’ turnout since independence

Voters in West Bengal/ Hindustan Times

West Bengal records 91.58% turnout in phase 1 amid sporadic violence

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, chief of TMC, addresses during a public meeting for the Lok Sabha polls, in Islampur, West Bengal. Photo: ANI

West Bengal assembly election: Opinion poll predicts TMC lead, BJP close behind

Faisal Karim Masud (right) and Alamgir Hossain. File Photo: Collected

Hadi murder suspects Faisal, Alamgir arrested in West Bengal