Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu leave BJP gasping in polls

Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu leave BJP gasping in polls

Supporters of TMC party celebrate their party's lead in the West Bengal state legislative assembly elections in Kolkata. AFP Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee looks set to win a third term in the state, the DMK is heading for victory in Tamil Nadu, the LDF is surging ahead in Kerala and the BJP leading in Assam in the counting of votes for state polls. Members of DMK party celebrate while holding their leader M. K. Stalin's photo in Chennai. AFP The latest forecast from the popular Indian television news channel NDTV says the Trinamool is poised to get 205+ seats in Bengal, 140+ for the DMK in Tamil Nadu, 90+ for the BJP in Assam and in Kerala, 90 for the Left. Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress has crossed the halfway mark in early leads in Bengal and is leading in 206 seats, though the BJP seems to have made gains since the 2019 national elections. The Chief Minister's Trinamool and the BJP ran a bitter, no-holds-barred campaign that defied Covid safety rules and the poll code. According to a newspaper report, Banerjee is leading her rival and one-time aide Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram by over 2, 000 votes