Kolkata: On Thursday, Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) leader Roopa Ganguly said that BJP would have won more seats in West Bengal if Trinamool Congress (TMC) not resorted to violence and pressurize the masses in all the seven phases of Lok Sabha elections in the state. "People are tired of Mamata Banerjee in West Bengal. Had the elections been held in a fair manner BJP would have won more than 30 seats here that is what Banerjee was afraid of, hence the violence in all seven phases," she said.

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The BJP leader asserted that BJP was afraid for the security of people in those constituencies where BJP performed exceptionally but could not secure a win because of TMC's goons.

"This is an election and there is no second winner here. We are afraid for the people from the places where BJP would not win despite performing well. I am afraid there could be a new surge of violence (by TMC) in those areas, it would be great for the safety of the people of the state if BJP takes a late lead in majority seats," she said.

"Have a look at Karnataka, BJP is leading as of now in the majority of the seats there and it will continue like this. In the assembly elections there BJP had won majority seats but we didn't form the government, the people are wholeheartedly in BJP's favor this time."

"Likewise, in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh a few seats might be lost, but in total, we will clean sweep these states. We will do well in the Hindi heartland states, as usual, no doubts should be there about our victory," she further said. NDA has taken the lead in 343 seats while UPA is winning on 90 seats while SP-BSP and other parties combined are in front on 109 seats as per the latest data from Election Commission.

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