"Ganga Flows From Bihar To Bengal, Created Path Of Victory For BJP": PM Modi

The NDA's massive win in Bihar has set the groundwork for a similar performance in neighbouring West Bengal, where Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress holds power, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the BJP's headquarters in Delhi today.

"The river Ganga flows to Bengal via Bihar. And the victory in Bihar, like the river, has paved the way for our victory in Bengal," PM Modi said toward the end of his hour-long speech.

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) swept the Bihar election by winning over 200 of the 243 seats, with the BJP standing tall as the single-largest party.

"Your hopes are my pledge and your dreams are my inspiration. For the BJP, the party workers are its strength," PM Modi said, crediting the karyakartas for the stellar performance in Bihar.

Alluding to the decimation of the Mahagathbandhan, the Opposition alliance which the BJP had said would bring "Jungle Raj" if people elected them, PM Modi appealed to the people of Bengal to "uproot Jungle Raj" from their state too.

"Not just in Bengal, this victory will inspire our workers in the south too," PM Modi said.

Earlier in the day when trends showed the NDA's spectacular performance in Bihar, BJP leaders had already started talking about Bengal. BJP's Giriraj Singh's warning to Banerjee to "brace for the worst" found support from Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, who said Bengal would see a "spectacular" BJP win in the election next year.

Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar, invoking his 'Mission Bengal' theme, added a sharper edge: "Now the time comes to clean up the jungles of Bengal."

The Trinamool Congress on its official social media handle responded to the BJP's challenge.

"Bring it on," the ruling party in Bengal said. The post had an old video of Banerjee in which she was heard saying, "It is not easy to play with us."

"Uou slink into Bengal, groveling for votes, after branding our sacred land 'a state of Bangladeshis and Rohingyas.' To a party that wallows in such despicable slander, we hurl one searing question: Have you no shame at all?" the Trinamool Congress said.

"In 2026, the people of Bengal will democratically crush your arrogance underfoot and send you crawling back in disgrace. You are not welcome here, and you never will be," it said.

Trinamool spokesperson Kunal Ghosh dismissed any possibility of Bihar's verdict influencing Bengal's political course. "That is Bihar's equation. It has no connection with Bengal; with over 250 seats, Mamata Banerjee will become chief minister again," he added.