Polling signals ‘wave of change’ in Bengal: PM Modi

PM Narendra Modi during an election campaign in West Bengal. PIC/PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday sharpened the BJP's pitch for regime change in West Bengal, claiming that the first phase of polling has sealed a "wave of change" and signalled the end of the TMC's "maha jungle raj".

Addressing a poll rally at Panihati under the Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency in North 24 Parganas district, Modi framed the high voter turnout as an endorsement of the BJP's campaign for change. Nearly 92 per cent of the 3.60 crore electors voted in the first phase of the West Bengal assembly polls on Thursday.

"The wave of change that had been visible in Bengal for a long time - yesterday's first phase of voting has put its seal on it. The support in favour of the BJP has sounded the conch shell of its victory," he said.

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