Paschim Medhinipur, May 3 -- Ahead of the highly anticipated vote counting for the 2026 West Bengal Assembly Elections, the air in Medinipur is thick with both devotion and defiance.

Sankar Guchhait, the BJP candidate for the Medinipur assembly seat, visited the Maa Manasa temple on Sunday with his family to seek divine intervention before the seals on the EVMs are broken.

Following his prayers, Guchhait struck a tone of absolute certainty, claiming that the political landscape of West Bengal has reached a permanent turning point. He asserted that the state is on the verge of its first-ever BJP government.

"For the first time, the BJP is forming a government in West Bengal. That's why people are happy here," Guchhait told reporters. "P...