Rahul Gandhi Congratulates Mamata Banerjee For "Soundly Defeating BJP"

The Left parties, which once called the state their bastion, and the Congress were decimated and not even a factor in the West Bengal elections.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday congratulated West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her party's win in the state elections. "I'm happy to congratulate Mamata ji and the people of West Bengal for soundly defeating the BJP," he tweeted. Three states were set to beat anti-incumbency on Sunday with Mamata Banerjee emerging star of the day to lead her Trinamool Congress to triumph in West Bengal for a third consecutive term while the BJP was poised for return in Assam as was the LDF in Kerala, Election Commission trends indicated. Till evening, only a handful of results had been declared for the four states and one union territory.