: BJP lost Bengal elections due to overconfidence among leaders, says Suvendu Adhikari #IndiaNEWS Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday blamed overconfidence within the party ranks

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BJP lost Bengal elections due to overconfidence among leaders, says Suvendu Adhikari #IndiaNEWS
Bharatiya Janata Party leader Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday blamed overconfidence within the party ranks for its defeat in the West Bengal Assembly elections, PTI reported. Speaking at party meeting in Chandipur area of Purba Medinipur district, Adhikari said that party leaders set targets, but did not work towards achieving them.“As we did well in the first two phases of polls, many of our leaders became smug and overconfident,� he said. “They started believing that the BJP will secure 170-180 seats in the elections, but they did not do the groundwork. This cost us dearly.�In the West Bengal Assembly elections, held in eight phases in March-April, the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress came to power for a third consecutive term winning 213 of the 294 seats. The Bharatiya Janata Party managed to secure only 77 constituencies. This was despite a high-profile campaign from the saffron party that saw several top leaders, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, making repeated claims that the BJP would win over 200 seats. Adhikari, however, could flaunt a personal success as he defeated Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the Nandigram constituency. Once a trusted lieutenant of Banerjee, Adhikari defected from the Trinamool Congress and joined the BJP months ahead of the elections. Meanwhile, reacting to...Read more

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