New Delhi, May 4 -- May 5, 2026, marks a significant day for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). For the first time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party has not only emerged as the single-largest party in West Bengal, but is also poised to win over 200 of the 293 assembly constituencies in the state.

On the occasion, PM Modi welcomed "bhay-mukt" Bengal and said the five states - Assam, Keralam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, which went to polls in 2026 - "showed why India is the mother of democracy."

He also recalled his remark from 2013, when he was first nominated for the prime minister's post on a BJP ticket:

PM Modi's remarks could be roughly translated as: "I have not come on my own, nor has anyone sent me - Mother Ganga h...