{"id":11554,"date":"2026-04-13T13:32:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=11554"},"modified":"2026-04-13T13:32:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T13:32:40","slug":"130228246-cms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/?p=11554","title":{"rendered":"West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026: &#8216;Mood favouring the BJP&#8217;: PM Modi after interacting with party workers in West Bengal, takes jab at TMC | India News &#8211; The Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130229439,imgsize-1261708,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/article-58.jpg\" alt=\"'Mood favouring the BJP': PM Modi after interacting with party workers in West Bengal, takes jab at TMC\" title=\"PM Modi with Bengal party workers\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"PM Modi with Bengal party workers\">PM Modi with Bengal party workers<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said feedback from party workers in West Bengal indicates growing public support for the Bharatiya Janata Party ahead of the Assembly elections.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"2\"\/>In a post on X following his visit to Siliguri, the Prime Minister said said, \u201cIt is always a delight to interact with hardworking BJP Karyakartas. Their efforts at the grassroots are truly inspiring. Yesterday, after the rally in Siliguri, I met local BJP Karyakartas who narrated the ordeal of the common people under TMC rule. They told me that the people are connecting with BJP\u2019s development agenda.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"4\"\/> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wLCOS vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"ap_Bf\">\n<div class=\"ZM4zO\">\n<p><i class=\"bo2C4\"\/> <span>Watch<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->Saradha Scam To Messi Mess: Madan Mitra&#8217;s Candid Take On Bengal Elections, TMC Vs BJP Fight<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>He added that \u201cThese interactions reaffirm that the mood in West Bengal is clearly favouring the BJP,\u201d signalling confidence within the party as campaigning intensifies in the state.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>Meanwhile during the rally, PM Modi had launched a sharp attack on TMC, accusing the party of corruption, appeasement politics and neglect of North Bengal, while asserting that the BJP will form the next government in West Bengal.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Addressing the gathering, PM Modi said, \u201cThe ruthless TMC government has completed 15 years in power\u2026 you have witnessed nothing but ruin,\u201d adding that the current election would shape the state\u2019s future.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"20\"\/>Stepping up his criticism, he described the ruling party as \u201canti-North Bengal\u201d, \u201canti-tribal\u201d, and against the interests of women and youth, alleging that it has failed to deliver meaningful development and cannot present a credible report card of its tenure.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"22\"\/>The Prime Minister also accused the state government of discriminatory budget allocation, claiming that development in North Bengal has been neglected while resources were diverted elsewhere, and alleged that the TMC was focused on appeasement politics.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/mood-favouring-the-bjp-pm-modi-after-interacting-with-party-workers-in-west-bengal-takes-jab-at-tmc\/articleshow\/130228246.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PM Modi with Bengal party workers NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[28186,724,723,719,720,721,28188,28189,28190,722,18376,24869,28187],"class_list":["post-11554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-bjp-west-bengal","tag-breaking-news","tag-google-news","tag-india","tag-india-news","tag-india-news-today","tag-pm-modi-west-bengal-visit","tag-siliguri-rally-modi","tag-tmc-corruption-allegations","tag-today-news","tag-west-bengal-assembly-elections-2026","tag-west-bengal-election","tag-west-bengal-political-mood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/d.sheep-mine.ts.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}