NEW DELHI, 30 April, 2021 (TON): The party would form the next government in West Bengal by winning more than 200 seats, claimed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

"The BJP is going to win more than 200 seats regardless of whatever the figures of the exit polls suggest. During the 2019 Lok Sabha elections nobody said that the BJP may win 18 seats. However, the party stunned everyone. Let's wait for the results on May 2, everything will become clear,” said BJP's IT cell head Amit Malviya, the West Bengal co-in charge.

Meanwhile, BJP national spokesperson Gopal Krishna Agarwal, "Exit polls cannot be treated as exit polls. West Bengal is amid the air of change. The way Mamata Banerjee has created a confrontation with the central government, kept the people deprived of the Central benefits, indulged in appeasement politics, she is going to lose elections badly. In West Bengal, BJP government is going to be formed with an absolute majority."

Despite, the Axis My India-India Today and the Republic-CNX exit polls gave the BJP an edge in the region, according to the other surveys, the CVoter Exit Poll for Times Now/ABP News, predict a third time victory for the Trinamool, however, putting it ahead in the 294-member Assembly.