WIshes have started to pour in for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from national leaders as election results and trends indicated that Trinamul Congress (TMC) was all set to regain power in Bengal by a landslide.
The TMC was ahead in 202 of the 292 seats that went to polls in the state, way over the halfway mark of 147, leaving the BJP trailing with leads in 77 seats.
In terms of vote share, the TMC had 48.5 per cent of the votes against the BJPs 37.4 per cent.
Among those who sent conggratulatory messages to Mamata were NCP president Sharad Pawar, National Conference Omar Abdullah and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal.
NCP president Sharad Pawar took to twitter to congratulate Mamata Banerjee.
"Congratulations @MamataOfficial on your stupendous victory! Let us continue our work towards the welfare of people and tackling the Pandemic collectively," tweeted Pawar, whose party shares power with the Shiv Sena and Congress in Maharashtra.
"Congratulations @MamataOfficial didi for landslide victory. What a fight! Congratulations to the people of WB," Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted on Sunday.
National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Sunday congratulated Mamata Banerjee for the TMC's "remarkable victory" in the Bengal assembly polls, saying the BJP and a thoroughly partisan Election Commission threw everything at her, but she prevailed.
Heartiest congratulations to @MamataOfficial didi & everyone at @AITCofficial for the remarkable victory in West Bengal. The BJP & a throughly partisan Election Commission threw everything including the kitchen sink at you & you prevailed. All the best for the next 5 years (sic)," Omar wrote on Twitter.
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday congratulated the TMC on its performance in the Bengal assembly polls, saying people have rejected disruptive and divisive forces.
In a tweet, the former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister said, "Congratulations to @MamataOfficial @AITCofficial @derekobrienmp on their splendid victory today. Kudos to the people of West Bengal for rejecting disruptive & divisive forces".
Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Akhilesh Yadav congratulated Mamata Banerjee and her party, and said "politics of hate stands defeated" in the state.
Taking to Twitter, he said the "conscious public" have given a befitting reply to BJP's 'Didi o Didi' barbs.
"Hearty congratulations to the conscious public, combative Mamata Banerjee ji and the dedicated leaders and activists of the TMC, who defeated the BJPs's politics of hate in Bengal! This is a befitting reply to the insulting sarcasm 'Didi O Didi' from the BJP," the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister tweeted with hashtag '#Didi_jio_didi'
His party's MP, Jaya Bachchan, had campaigned for the TMC in Bengal.
Amid the political showdown during elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had addressed Banerjee as 'Didi o Didi' and said that her defeat in Nandigram was certain.
