Ranchi/Bokaro: Enthused BJP workers celebrated with jhalmuri, ladoos and firecrackers as the counting trends began surfacing, predicting big win for the party, mainly in Bengal.By evening, party workers led by key leaders and former CMs turned into celebratory mode at its headquarters in Harmu. Later on, workers also descended at few other places across city beating dhol and nagas.Party president and Rajya Sabha MP Aditya Sahu said, “The victory is not merely an electoral result, but a seal of approval on the politics of development and good governance under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.” He added that 15 years of misrule by the Trinamool Congress govt led by Mamata Banerjee in Bengal has finally come to an end. “Bengal will now be free of infiltration, and appeasement politics for good,” he said.Former CM Arjun Munda said that victory in Bengal is the result of years of struggle by party workers. “This mandate inspires us to live up to the expectations of the people with even greater responsibility,” he opined.In Bokaro too, the saffron party workers celebrated outside the residence of former MLA Biranchi Narayan with drums, fireworks, sweets and colours. Narayan credited the victory to public faith in the central leadership as a reason for BJP’s expanding footprints.In Dhanbad, Sunil Kumar Pandey, BJP worker and IT cell head of the Manaitand Mandal unit, shaved his head in public as he had taken a pledge a year ago that he would not cut his hair or beard until the BJP formed a full majority govt in Bengal.
