BJP aiming for two-third majority in next assembly election in West Bengal: Vijayvargiya

Buoyed by major gains in Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal, the BJP is aiming for more than two-third majority in the assembly elections due in 2021 and is even prepared for early polls in the state, its general secretary and West Bengal in-charge Kailash Vijayvargiya said on Tuesday.

In the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls, the BJP won 18 out of 42 seats in West Bengal, which was a multi-fold increase from its tally of only two seats in 2014 elections. The party's vote share also zoomed to 40.25 per cent in 2019 from 16.8 per cent in 2014. It has only three MLAs in the 294-member Assembly.

On a day when three MLAs from West Bengal joined the BJP, Vijayvargiya took a swipe at the Trinamool Congress saying "it is just the first phase", and more leaders will come into the BJP's fold "in seven phases just as the elections were held in seven phases".

Attributing the party's success in Lok Sabha polls to BJP's organisational strength, Vijayvargiya told PTI that he along with other leaders ..