At street corners and BJP offices alike, workers broke into spontaneous celebrations, beating drums, distributing laddoos, and smearing colour on one another. Express Photo by Partha Paul Saffron clouds of aabir hung over counting centres across West Bengal Monday as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was headed for a huge victory in the Bengal Assembly elections 2026, its supporters celebrated not just with drums and dancing, but with a distinctly Bengali spread that carried its own political messaging. At street corners and party offices alike, workers broke into spontaneous celebrations , beating drums, distributing laddoos, and smearing colour on one another. At the BJP’s office on 6, Murlidhar Sen Lane in Kolkata , however, the mood was more local in flavour as supporters tucked into jhaalmuri , echoing a moment from the campaign trail when Prime Minister Narendra Modi had stopped to eat the snack in Jhargram.…