West Bengal erupted in violence following the Bharatiya Janata Party's electoral victory over the incumbent Trinamool Congress in state legislative elections. A top BJP political aide was shot dead in the streets, and hundreds have been arrested as clashes broke out across the state during the transition of power from 15 years of TMC rule.

4 killed in post-poll unrest in India's West Bengal Four people have been killed in political unrest after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu-nationalist party celebrated victory in state polls in West Bengal, police and party officials said on Wednesday. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept polls in the key eastern state of more than 100 million people, winning 206 of the 294 assembly seats, according to results announced on Monday, for its first-ever victory in West Bengal. West Bengal had been ruled by Modi’s fierce critic and adversary Mamata Banerjee as chief minister since 2011.