Hooghly, April 29 -- BJP candidate from Pursurah assembly seat, Biman Ghosh, cast his vote in Hooghly, as polling across 142 seats in West Bengal commenced on Wednesday.

Speaking to ANI, Ghosh appealed to voters to come out of their homes and exercise their voting right. He further hoped for peaceful elections in the state, expressing confidence in the BJP's victory in the elections.

"I appeal to the voters to come out in the morning and vote. This is a festival. Vote and change Bengal. Real transformation will come now. This time, that record (in the first phase) will be broken...Voting should hopefully be peaceful...We will win a high number of seats and come to power. Bengal will transform...TMC Private Limited Company of the aunt an...