BJP To Plug Gaps Responsible For Bengal Poll Setback: State Party Chief

Bengal unit of BJP, during a meeting earlier in the day, pointed out it might have failed to win the elections, but increased its tally to 77 from three in the Assembly.

Almost two months after the BJP's drubbing in the assembly polls, the party's state unit president, Dilip Ghosh, on Tuesday said "expectations did not match reality" as was evident from the projection made and the final results, but work will be undertaken to remove all shortcomings. He vowed that the BJP, as the main opposition party, will "restore democracy" in the state. The state unit of the party, during the executive meeting earlier in the day, had pointed out that the saffron camp might have failed to win the elections, but it increased its tally to 77 from three in the Assembly, securing votes of 2.8 crore electorate. "Our numbers have gone up substantially and we will certainly put up a good fight against this undemocratic, autocratic, and corrupt Trinamool Congress in the upcoming bypolls. We will certainly bridge the gaps that led to the setbacks in the assembly polls and emerge stronger," Mr Ghosh said.