Gayaji, May 5 -- : Bihar Legislative Assembly Speaker Prem Kumar today said that voters in West Bengal supported the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) due to their faith in the leadership of Narendra Modi and the party's development-oriented roadmap for the state.

Reacting to the party's emphatic victory in the state, Kumar said the mandate reflects the people's trust in Modi's image and their aspirations for accelerated development. This victory belongs to the people of Bengal, who have blessed the BJP with a decisive mandate, he told news persons.

He further asserted that the formation of a "double-engine government" in West Bengal would ensure faster progress and better coordination between the Centre and the state. According to him, the st...