India, May 5 -- Celebrations broke out outside the Bharatiya Janata Party's national headquarters in Delhi on Monday after the party's sweeping performance in West Bengal, with senior leaders and hundreds of workers taking out a "Bengal Victory March" to mark what they called a historic political breakthrough.

The rally was led by BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh and Delhi BJP chief Virendra Sachdeva on Deendayal Upadhyay Marg, where party workers gathered in large numbers amid music, slogans and celebratory dancing.

Chugh described the Bengal outcome as a landmark win under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership and said the verdict had altered the country's political mood. He said BJP workers in Bengal had fought through ...