India, April 26 -- Ahead of the second phase of polls on April 29, the BJP campaign team in West Bengal, led by Home Minister Amit Shah, is exuding a quiet confidence. The campaign team worked late into the night on April 23, piecing together information from the 152 seats that went to polls and saw an unprecedented 92.25 per cent votes cast.

the BJP is confident that it is winning 110 seats, putting it within striking distance of power in a state where it has lost five consecutive elections earlier. Party strategists say the party needs to get 38 seats in the second phase translating into a conversion rate of just 27 per cent. In the second phase, 142 seats are going to the polls.

Home Minister Amit Shah, who is camping in Kolkata and ...