India, May 4 -- Trends from the West Bengal Assembly election indicate that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is ahead in Jhargram, the region where Prime Minister Narendra Modi had eaten jhalmuri during his campaign.

BJP's Lakshmi Kanta Sau is leading from Jhargram by over 30,196 votes against TMC's Mongal Saren. So far, 18 rounds of Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) votes have been counted out of a total of 21. Follow Bengal election result live here.

The prime minister had shared a video on his official X handle showing him purchasing 'jhalmuri', a well-known Bengali street snack prepared using puffed rice, green chillies and spices, from a small shop in Jhargram during his campaign ahead of the polls.

He was accompanied by security st...