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• Chandranath Rath, personal assistant to West Bengal BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, was assassinated in Madhyamgram, North 24 Parganas, hit by three of four bullets while in a moving car. • The killing occurred two days after BJP's historic assembly election win over TMC on May 6, 2026, heightening post-poll tensions. • TMC condemned the murder on Thursday, demanding a CBI probe, while Chandra's mother broke down publicly, calling for life imprisonment for the killers.

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP won the West Bengal assembly elections, capturing the state for the first time and defeating Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC). • The victory expands BJP control to 78% of India's population across states, following major wins in state-level polls this week. • Mamata Banerjee rejected the results as rigged during a Tuesday press briefing, refusing to resign despite her term ending on May 8, 2026, and accusing the Modi government of disenfranchising millions of voters.

Turmoil and violence rocks state since prime minister Narendra Modi’s party claimed victory in legislative electionTensions have been high in the Indian state of West Bengal after a top political aide from Narendra Modi’s party was shot dead in the street and hundreds were arrested as violence broke out following elections this week.The prime minister’s Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) claimed victory in the West Bengal elections on Monday, defeating Trinamool Congress (TMC), which had ruled over the state legislature for 15 years. Continue reading...

• The BJP achieved a commanding majority in West Bengal state elections, marking its first-ever victory in India's fourth-most populous state and ending decades of opposition rule under Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress. • Election results finalized this week show the BJP winning control of West Bengal while expanding majorities in Assam and making incremental gains in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, consolidating power across 21 of India's 28 states. • The victories represent a significant political rebound for Prime Minister Narendra Modi following his party's loss of outright parliamentary majority in 2024 national elections.

• The BJP and its coalition allies have expanded their territorial control to 21 of India's 28 states, representing unprecedented political consolidation and establishing the party in a more dominant national position than at any point since Narendra Modi became Prime Minister in 2014. • From the Arabian Sea to the Bay of Bengal, India's political map is now overwhelmingly controlled by the BJP, with only Jharkhand remaining as a lone opposition-governed state in major regions, reflecting near-total electoral saturation. • Political analysts describe this expansion as more than electoral success—it constitutes political saturation, raising fundamental questions about whether India is moving toward an opposition-diminished political order.

• BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari defeated West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the Bhabanipur constituency by 15,105 votes, marking a historic breach of her political stronghold. • The victory represents a symbolic turning point in West Bengal politics, ending Mamata's long winning streak in her home constituency during a period of major state-level political realignment. • The defeat follows the BJP's broader success in West Bengal assembly elections, where the party crossed the majority mark after 15 years of TMC dominance in the state.

• The Bharatiya Janata Party expanded its electoral dominance across India's political map, strengthening its presence in large parts of the country and leaving only a handful of states under opposition rule following the 2026 assembly election results. • The BJP's continued electoral momentum, coupled with strong performances in states like Assam under Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, reinforces the party's structural dominance ahead of upcoming state elections. • Growing cracks emerged within the opposition INDIA bloc following the elections, with significant disagreements over issues like women's reservation-linked legislation undermining coalition unity and strategy.