Kolkata, May 4 -- West Bengal LoP and BJP candidate from Nandigram and Bhabanipur, Suvendu Adhikari, on Monday expressed confidence in his party's performance as counting for the Assembly elections is underway.

He claimed that initial trends show the BJP leading in over 130 seats, while the Trinamool Congress is around 100.

He said the contest in Bhabanipur may be close in the early rounds but expressed confidence that he will take the lead after more rounds of counting.

Speaking to the reporters, Adhikari said, "BJP is forming the Govt. Initial trends show BJP as 135 plus and approx 100 to TMC. Initially, it will be a neck-to-neck fight in Bhabanipur. In the first round of counting, out of the 14 booths, 6 are Muslim-majority. They us...