India, May 5 -- Congress MP from Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor praised Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah for Bharatiya Janata Party's big win in West Bengal and Assam, saying that they are "very good at conducting elections".

The BJP swept the West Bengal assembly polls, winning 206 seats out of 294, ending Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress' 15-year rule. This is the first win the party has registered in Bengal since independence.

Hailing the work the BJP put behind winning the elections, Tharoor said that the party has "strong organisational strength" and that there is a lot to learn from them.

"They (PM Modi and HM Amit Shah) have done a good job in Bengal and Assam and that's partially because they ar...