PM Narendra Modi's Lok Sabha elections prediction: 'BJP to get maximum success in...'

PM Narendra Modi claimed the Trinamool Congress government put BJP workers in jail ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.Amid predictions of the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) victory in the Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday prophesied that the Bharatiya Janata Party will achieve its "maximum success" in Mamata Banerjee-ruled West Bengal.The Bharatiya Janata Party has made deep inroads in the state where politics had revolved around the Congress, the Left and the Trinamool Congress for several decades. The party seems to have replaced the Left as the main opposition with better-than-expected electoral results in the 2019 general elections and 2021 Bengal assembly polls.In an interview, PM Modi claimed Banerjee's Trinamool Congress is fighting the battle for survival. He said the Lok Sabha election will turn out to be a one-sided affair in favour of the BJP.

"TMC party is fighting for survival in the Bengal elections. In the last Assembly elections, we were 3 and the people of Bengal took us to 80 (seats), we got a huge majority in the last Lok Sabha elections. This time, the best-performing state in India is going to be West Bengal. BJP is getting maximum success in West Bengal. The election of West Bengal is one-sided, people are leading it and because of those people sitting in the government, TMC people are frustrated," he told ANI.PM Modi claimed the Trinamool Congress government put BJP workers in jail ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

Despite all these atrocities, more people are voting and the number of votes is also increasing," he added.

In the 2021 assembly polls, the BJP's seat tally increased from 3 to 77.

In the 2019 general elections, the party's seat tally increased from 2 to 18. BJP's vote share was more than 40 per cent against TMC's 43 percent, showing the extent of the former's support base in Bengal.