West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has sent flowers and sweets to Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) Chairman Tarique Rahman following his party’s historic victory in the country’s 13th national parliamentary election. The gesture was made on Saturday evening, when BNP Media Cell member Atikur Rahman Ruman received the gifts at the party chairman’s political office in Gulshan. Special officer Mehedul Islam Mehedi was also present during the handover.

The exchange marks a symbolic congratulatory message from the Indian state leader to the BNP chief after the election outcome. The report did not include any official statement from either side or further details about the communication between the two leaders.

The event underscores a moment of cross-border goodwill following a major political development in Bangladesh, though no additional diplomatic or political implications were mentioned in the source.