Hyderabad, May 4 -- With poll results in Bengal, Assam and Puducherry, pointing towards a decisive Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) win, the ruling party has set its "next target" as Telangana.

BJP wrote, "Next Telangana," on social media platform X, while resharing West Bengal BJP's post with the same text, implying that the southern state will be their next win.

Four states and a Union Territory were on the edge of their seats as the counting day arrived for one of India's most consequential regional election cycles. West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry all headed into Monday, May 4, as counting began at 8 am across thousands of centres, each under tight multi-tier security.

The results are said to reshape political fort...