Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during an election campaign in support of BJP candidate Ratna Debnath and other party candidates at Panihati, in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal, on April 24, 2026.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (April 24, 2026) claimed that the “wave of change” in West Bengal has become evident in the first phase of polling and asserted that the support shown in “favour of the BJP” sounded the conch shell of its victory in the assembly elections.

Addressing a rally at Panihati under the Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency in North 24 Parganas, Mr. Modi alleged that the ruling TMC had “crushed the temple of democracy” in Bengal through “dictatorship” but said that the people of the state began to “reconstruct” it through their mandate.

Published – April 24, 2026 03:04 pm IST