Mamata congratulates Tarique Rahman

Staff Reporter :

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday extended her congratulations to BNP Chairman Tarique Rahman for guiding his party to victory in Bangladesh’s national election.

Taking to X, the West Bengal Chief Minister wrote, “My hearty congratulations, shubhonandan, to all my brothers and sisters, all the people, in Bangladesh. My advance Ramazan mubarak to all of them.

For this great victory, my congratulations to my Tarique-Bhai, his party, and all the parties. Pray, you all be well and happy.”

She also voiced optimism about bilateral relations, expressing the hope that ties between India and Bangladesh would continue on a friendly footing.

“Wish that our relations with Bangladesh be always cordial,” she said on the social media platform.
Earlier on Friday morning, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi also extended warm congratulations to Tarique Rahman in a post on Facebook. In his Facebook post, Modi said he warmly congratulated Tarique Rahman for leading the BNP to a decisive victory in Bangladesh’s parliamentary election.

Voting in the 13th Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) election and referendum was completed yesterday, Thursday.

Today, Friday, the Election Commission announced the official results for 297 of the 300 seats. The results for Chattogram-2 and Chattogram-4 have been withheld and will be announced later, the Commission said. No voting was held in Sherpur-3.

Of the 297 declared seats, the BNP and its allies have secured 212 seats. The Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami-led 11-party electoral alliance has won 77 seats, Islami Andolan Bangladesh has secured one seat, and independent candidates have won seven seats.