Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, along with his cabinet ministers, celebrated the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) leadership in the Assam and West Bengal Assembly elections on January 31, ahead of a state cabinet meeting in Lucknow.

The ministers expressed optimism about the party’s performance in both states. Earlier in the day, BJP leaders celebrated at the party headquarters in New Delhi, enjoying rasgullas and poha to mark the BJP-NDA alliance’s reported gains in four states and one Union Territory.

BJP MP Sudhanshu Trivedi described the electoral momentum in West Bengal as a rise of nationalism, stating to ANI: “Trends were showing waves of nationalism in Bengal. It transformed into high tides and finally into a tsunami.” Referring to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ‘jhalmuri’ moment, he added, “PM had shown the impact of ‘jhalmuri’, and it has now turned into a high tide, and it will lead to the sunrise of nationalism in Bengal and the blooming of Lotus…PM has always had an endearing relationship with West Bengal.”

BJP national spokesperson Ajay Alok characterised the results as a rejection of regional leaders, commenting, “I will just say one line – gayi Mamata, gaya Gogoi, gaya Stalinvaad, Bharat mein ab toot ke chalega Modi ka rashtravaad (Mamata is gone, Gogoi is gone, Stalinism is gone; now PM Modi’s nationalism will prevail strongly across India).”

Celebrations have also begun in West Bengal, with BJP workers distributing ‘jhalmuri’ and commemorations held at the party office in Kolkata.

Current counting trends indicate that the BJP is set to surpass the halfway mark of 148 seats and emerge as the single largest party in West Bengal, potentially increasing the states governed by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to 21.