Narendra Modi’s BJP wins election in West Bengal for the first time
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi from World news | The Guardian on (#75D0J)
Result in key Indian state is set to have significant implications for the country's political landscape
Narendra Modi's party has won a resounding election victory in West Bengal, a state which had been a rare opposition stronghold, expanding his unrivalled consolidation of power across the country.
It is the first time that the Indian prime minister's Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) has won assembly elections in West Bengal, a large and politically significant state in eastern India.
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