A slew of reactions poured in on social media after the Trinamool Congress (TMC) took a definite lead against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the West Bengal assembly elections 2021. While the final results were yet to be declared, the TMC was ahead with a definite margin, as per the trends which had emerged by 2 pm on May 2.
Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav was among the first top opposition leader to laud Trinamool chief and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her "victory" against the BJP.
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"Congratulations to the conscious public, the combative Mamata Banerjee ji and the dedicated leaders and activists of TMC, who defeated the politics of hate of BJP in Bengal," he said in a Twitter post in Hindi.
"This is a befitting reply given by the public to the derogatory sarcasm 'Didi O Didi' by a woman from the BJP," Yadav added.
प. बंगाल में भाजपा की नफ़रत की राजनीति को हराने वाली जागरुक जनता, जुझारू सुश्री ममता बनर्जी जी व टीएमसी के समर्पित नेताओं व कार्यकर्ताओं को हार्दिक बधाई!Related stories
ये भाजपाइयों के एक महिला पर किए गए अपमानजनक कटाक्ष ‘दीदी ओ दीदी’ का जनता द्वारा दिया गया मुँहतोड़ जवाब है।
# दीदी_जिओ_दीदी pic.twitter.com/wlnUmdfMwA
— Akhilesh Yadav (@yadavakhilesh) May 2, 2021
Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi, on the other hand, took a shot at the BJP top brass including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah for the party's drubbing in Bengal.
100% credit to #Modi #Shah for #assam & #Puducherry. Full blame to #Ghosh, #Aiadmk & #Sreedharan for losses!— Abhishek Singhvi (@DrAMSinghvi) May 2, 2021
Senior TMC leader Derek O'Brien described the party's performance as "Didi's" victory over the BJP along with the central agencies.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal also posted a congratulatory message for his West Bengal counterpart. "What a fight! (sic), he remarked on Twitter.
Congratulations @MamataOfficial didi for landslide victory. What a fight!Congratulations to the people of WB
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) May 2, 2021
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) president Sharad Pawar also lauded Banerjee for her "stupendous victory".
Congratulations @MamataOfficial on your stupendous victory!
Let us continue our work towards the welfare of people and tackling the Pandemic collectively.— Sharad Pawar (@PawarSpeaks) May 2, 2021
Here are the other reactions:
Heartiest congratulations to @MamataOfficial didi & everyone at @AITCofficial for the remarkable victory in West Bengal. The BJP & a throughly partisan Election Commission threw everything including the kitchen sink at you & you prevailed. All the best for the next 5 years.— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) May 2, 2021
Congratulations to @MamataOfficial @AITCofficial @derekobrienmp
on their splendid victory today. Kudos to the people of West Bengal for rejecting disruptive & divisive forces.— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) May 2, 2021
Congratulations Tigress of Bengal..
ओ दीदी,
दीदी ओ दीदी!
@MamataOfficial @derekobrienmp @MahuaMoitra pic.twitter.com/orDkTAuPr3— Sanjay Raut (@rautsanjay61) May 2, 2021
Former Congress spokesperson Sanjay Jha, however, chose to call upon his erstwhile party to introspect over its performance in West Bengal.
The biggest disappointment to me is the West Bengal surrender by the Congress. It is unacceptable. It is now gone the UP/Tamil Nadu way.In 2016, Congress was the largest opposition party, 44 seats and 12.25% vote share.
Heads must roll.
— Sanjay Jha (@JhaSanjay) May 2, 2021
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Liberation) leader Dipankar lauded the "anti-BJP voice" emerging from West Bengal.
Early days, but #WestBengal seems to have voted quite emphatically against the BJP. Experts may still wax eloquent about communal polarisation, identity politics and so on, but this anti-BJP voice emerging from Bengal is the best tribute to #SatyajitRay on his birth centenary.— Dipankar (@Dipankar_cpiml) May 2, 2021
As per the data shared on the Election Commission's website at 2:00 pm, the Trinamool was leading on 202 out of the 285 seats from where the trends have emerged. The BJP emerged a distant second with leads on 78 seats. The Congress was ahead in one constituency, and the Left Front was trailing in all the seats.
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