Delhi CM Rekha Gupta's Jhalmuri-rasgulla party as BJP inches closer to victory in Bengal

NEW DELHI: ‘Jhalmuri’, a Bengali snack popularised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the West Bengal election campaign, was the flavour of the celebrations in Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta’s office on Monday as the BJP registered an emphatic win in the eastern state.

Chief Minister Gupta and her Cabinet colleagues ate ‘Jhalmuri’ and ‘Rasgulla’ in the Delhi Secretariat to celebrate the BJP’s win in the West Bengal Assembly elections.

In a celebratory message on X, CM Gupta said, “Under the leadership of the esteemed Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji, every state in the country is turning saffron. With Assam's hat-trick victory BJP government has also come to power in Bengal Heartiest congratulations on the resounding victory! ‘Celebrating the win, with ‘jhalmuri’ and ‘rasgulla’.”

Earlier, Chief Minister Gupta joined star BJP campaigners in wooing voters in Bengal and campaigned enthusiastically for the two-phase elections in the 294 seats whose results were declared on Monday, bringing the party to power in the state for the first time.

While campaigning for BJP candidates in Kharagpur and Durgapur, among other areas, she highlighted the terror-based rule of the Trinamool government headed by Mamata Banerjee.