Kolkata, May 4 -- BJP candidate from Maniktala Assembly constituency, Tapas Roy, on Monday expressed confidence in a strong performance for his party in the state assembly election.

He estimated that the BJP could win between 168 and 174 seats in West Bengal.

Speaking to ANI, Roy said, "According to my conservative assessment, we will get 168 to 174 seats. They (TMC) do not like the fact that there was no bloodshed in this election, no dead bodies were found, no blood was shed."

As counting began for high-stakes elections across 823 constituencies in four states and one Union Territory, early trends from postal ballots showed the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) ahead in Assam with leads in 25 seats, while ...