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After the TMC emerged victorious with a massive lead over the BJP, a seemingly infuriated Babul Supriyo on Sunday (May 2) posted a rant on Twitter saying he cannot respect the people's verdict.

Calling Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee a cruel lady, the union minister said that the people of Bengal made a historic mistake by choosing TMC over the BJP.

Supriyo, who lost from Tollyganj seat against TMC’s Aroop Biswas, later deleted the post.

2021 Assam Assembly Election Vote Counting Highlights: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is continuing to hold on to its early leads against the Congress-led Grand Alliance. So far, the trends are out for 123 seats – BJP is ahead in 77 and Congress in 47. Exit polls had predicted BJP’s win but the scale of its leads is bigger than expected. In Assam, the contest is the BJP-led NDA and eight-party grand alliance led by the Congress.

Except for two, almost all exit polls had predicted return of the saffron party government for the second consecutive term. If the exit poll numbers hold today, it would be a big blow for the Congress, which was hoping to return to power after five years and that is why it also allied with Badruddin Ajmal’s AIUDF.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated DMK president M K Stalin on his party's victory making way for him to become the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for the first time.

PM Modi wrote: "Congratulations to Thiru MK Stalin and DMK party for the victory in the Tamil Nadu assembly elections. We shall work together for enhancing national progress, fulfilling regional aspirations and defeating the COVID-19 pandemic."

With leads showing a win for the DMK’s ‘rising sun’ symbol, there will be a new focus on the party’s ‘rising son’ too. Party chief M.K. Stalin’s son, Udhayanidhi Stalin, grabbed headlines when he took on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah during the campaign and dodged the AIADMK’s jibes and the dynasty darts.

Shiv Sena president, chief minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray while reacting to West Bengal state assembly results said, “Mamata won! Now we should look towards the fight against Covid-19.”

Thackeray said that Mamata, alone, was fighting for the self-respect of ‘Bangalis’. “We should give the entire credit to the 'tigress of Bengal' for the victory. Since from the prime minister to union home minister, the entire union government, state government’s (BJP led) joined hands to defeat Didi. But Mamata won. I applaud her courage and congratulate the people of West Bengal,” said Thackeray in his press release.