Kolkata/IBNS, April 30 -- A day after several exit polls projected an advantage for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee released a video message asserting that her party remains firmly on course to form the next government.

Banerjee said the projections were aimed at weakening the morale of her party workers and maintained that the TMC would return to power with a decisive mandate.

According to most exit poll surveys, four out of six pollsters have indicated a narrow edge for the BJP, while two have projected a clear victory for the TMC.

The majority mark in the 294-member Assembly stands at 148 seats.

Rejecting these estimates, Banerjee claimed that the TMC...