Samastipur, April 30 -- Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Thursday expressed confidence of a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) victory in the West Bengal assembly elections, asserting that the party is poised to form the government with a "thumping majority."

Speaking to reporters, Rai attributed it to the growing public trust in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership.

"BJP is forming the government in Bengal. People of West Bengal have trusted PM Narendra Modi. BJP will definitely form the Govt there with a thumping majority," he said.

"In the last elections, Mamata Banerjee's goons stopped voters and didn't let them go to vote. Several people were killed. When Mamata Banerjee government was formed, TMC goons unl...