AGARTALA, May 16 (TIWN): Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar on Friday evening said the BJP's sweeping victory in the Lok Sabha polls was largely due to the anti-incumbency factor against the ruling Congress across the country.

"The list of causes for the Congress' defeat can vary... anti-incumbency coupled with inflation is one of the main factors for the BJP's landslide victory,"  Sarkar told while briefing media person at secretariat  

"(BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra) Modi have taken advantage of the anti-incumbency and inflation under the rule congress led UPA- II," the CPI (M) politburo member said.

Speaking about CPI (M) debacle in West Bengal he said the results in the state have been “unexpected and disastrous”. “People who were anti-TMC went with the BJP. The swing was definitely in favour of the BJP. Plus some anti-Congress and anti-incumbency factor saw them perform well,” he said.

The vote share of the Left Front has seen a substantial decline with both the Trinamool and BJP gaining ground. About the Trinamool gaining ground, Mr. Sarkar said that the party had resorted to terror tactics and intimidation of voters. This has resulted in a vote surge for the ruling party.

Tripura chief minister also congratulated BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for leading the party to victory in the Lok Sabha election. He is hopeful that the Narendra Modi Government will work on the dual objective of removing the infrastructure gap of North East and improving relationship with Bangladesh, to help the region grow.

While CPIM performance across in West Bengal is unaccepted but here at Tripura the CPI (M)-led Left Front won both the Lok Sabha seats, with larger vote share. State Commerce and Industry Minister Jitendra Choudhury has own from East Tripura, while trade unionist Sankar Prasad Dutta won from West Tripura. Despite a four-cornered fight - between Left, Congress, Trinamool Congress and BJP – the party’s vote share has increased from 61.69 per cent in 2009 to 64.5 per cent in 2014. BJP’s vote share has improved from 3.38 per cent to 5.5 per cent.