Pakistan, May 6 -- At least four people have been killed in political violence following the conclusion of state elections in India's West Bengal, according to police and party officials, after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured a landmark victory in the region.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's BJP won 206 out of 294 assembly seats in the eastern state, marking its first-ever government formation in West Bengal. The result is being viewed as a major political breakthrough for the party in a state long dominated by regional politics.

West Bengal had been governed since 2011 by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, leader of the All India Trinamool Congress (TMC), who al...