Kolkata, May 8 -- BJP MLA-elect Tapas Roy launched a sharp attack on the Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Friday, claiming that the party's political relevance was coming to an end after the BJP's sweeping victory in the state assembly elections.

Speaking in Kolkata, Roy said, "The party (TMC) is over already. This party will no longer exist, and such a party should not continue either, which is against the country, against West Bengal, those who support the Jihadis, who call Hinduism a dirty religion, those who get Hindus killed. Such a party should not exist in Bengal."

BJP MLA-elect Jagannath Chattopadhyay said the people had given a clear mandate for governance change.

He stated, "The people of Bengal have given a message..., they have ...