Asthe Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress is clearly leading in West Bengal electionswith over 200 seats, the predictions of Election Strategist Prashant Kishor areproving true with BJP actually struggling to cross the double digits.
Apolitical controversy erupted in West Bengal during the fourth phase of theelections when BJP's IT cell released an audio tape of Trinamool' electionstrategist Prashant Kishor where he was heard saying a 'ClubHouse' chat thatPrime Minister Narendra Modi is hugely popular in West Bengal and this is oneof the factors that will decide which party sweeps the state.
Inthe public chat on ClubHouse, Mamata Banerjee's election strategist concedesthat even in TMC's internal surveys, BJP is winning. The vote is for Modi,polarisation is a reality, the SCs (27 per cent of WB's population), Matuas areall voting for the BJP, Amit Malviya- National in-charge of BJP's Information& Technology department wrote in his tweet. However, seems like the claimsof Amit Malviya were manipulative as TMC and Kishor then challenged the BJP ITcell to release the full audio.
EvenPrashant Kishor was immediate to react on the BJP IT department claims, andsaid BJP will not be able to cross the 100 mark in Bengal elections no matterwhat. He even went on to say that if BJP wins Bengal, he would quit the socialmedia platforms.
Thoughthe clear picture is yet to come as the counting is underway, the margin fornow is big as TMC is leading in 200+ seats.
WestBengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee although is still trailing behind BJP'sSuvendu Adhikari in Nandigram, the trends after the fourth round of countingshow that the other Trinamool Congress heavyweights are leading in theirrespective Assembly constituencies.
HeavyweightBJP candidates like Swapan Dasgupta, Locket Chatterjee, Biashali Dalmia, RahulSinha, Babul Supriyo and Samik Bhattacharya are all trailing in theirrespective constituencies.