Hailing Mamata Banerjee's historic victory over the Left Front in West Bengal on Friday, Bengali NRIs in Canada wanted industrialisation of the state to top her agenda. Toronto-based Molly Banerjei said, "People in West Bengal have voted against decades-old corruption and oppression. They have voted for hope and a brighter future. They have voted for change. Her biggest challenge will be in attracting industry back to West Bengal.''

If the development plank the Congress rode on in the two previous elections endeared itself to voters in Assam, the near-absence of militancy for a considerable time made the party's position stronger in the 2011 Assembly election.

The map of West Bengal has turned green with intermittent patches of red as the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress swept to power bulldozing the CPIM-led Left Front with a success rate of over 81 per cent.

Following its massive victory in the Tamil Nadu Assembly election, the AIADMK is likely to call a meeting of all its newly elected 148 legislators here on Sunday, said party leaders.

Senior Congress leader Pranab Mukherjee will hold discussions with party leaders in West Bengal before AICC takes a decision on joining the Mamata Banerjee-led government in the state.

Trinamool Congress might have single-handedly thrashed CPI(M) and its allies in West Bengal elections but it is Congress which has added insult to the Left party's injury by winning more seats in the state.

Senior Congress leaders Madhushudhan Mistry and Mohsina Kidwai were on Saturday made Central observers for Kerala while Pranab Mukherjee and Digvijay Singh have been entrusted with the task for Assam.

The Trinamool Congress was headed for victory in West Bengal on Friday, with former Marxist leader and Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee saying the "opposition was coming to power".

'Paribortan' — the poll plank of Trinamool Congress — found an echo on Friday in the words of senior CPI(M) leaders who said the people of West Bengal have voted for "change" and Mamata Banerjee has benefitted from it.

AIADMK has no intention of sharing power with allies and would go after the DMK's first family on the issue of corruption, a senior party leader said on Friday.