New Delhi, April 29 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien on Wednesday dared Prime Minister Narendra Modi to step down if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is defeated by the Mamata Banerjee-led party in the West Bengal Assembly elections, which concluded on Wednesday.

O'Brien, in a video message, said that PM Modi had made himself the face of the BJP campaign across all 294 Assembly constituencies in the state and urged him to take up the challenge.

"You yourself announced that you are the candidate in all 294 seats in Bengal. Stop making tall claims and accept this challenge. On May 4, when Mamata Banerjee and the TMC win Bengal, have the courage to resign from the post of PM," O'Brien stated.

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