DHAKA, – Foreign Minister Dr AK Abdul Momen today congratulated India’s West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her landslide win in Bhabanipur by-election.

In a congratulatory letter, Bangladesh foreign minister expressed his hope that the relation between Bangladesh and the West Bengal will be strengthened further for mutual prosperity and development in the days to come, a foreign ministry press release said here today.

Dr Momen wished all out prosperity of the people of West Bengal under the leadership of Mamata Banerjee and also greeted them for upcoming Durga Puja. The West Bengal chief minister and Trinamool Congress president Mamata Banerjee won a landslide victory from home turf Bhowanipore by over 58,000 votes on Sunday.