Ahead of poll results, Mamata plays Rabindra Sangeet on piano

Hours before the counting of votes are to start declaring the verdict of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appeared to have taken refuge in music to cool her nerves. She took to keyboard and played a Rabindra Sangeet tune, as seen in a video posted on Facebook from her official handle.

Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee is known to be a keen instrument player, and the video shared from her official account shows her play popular Tagore song Prano bhoriye, trisha hariye more aaro aaro aaro dao praan…

Posting the video, Mamata said, "As counting day approaches, I pray for my motherland. This song is dedicated to Maa Mati Manush."

The song penned by Noble laureate Rabindranath Tagore is a call to God to shower more life, more light and more love.

Exit polls have predicted that BJP will win a good number of seats in West Bengal, wresting strongholds of Trinamool Congress. Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh has said the party will win 23 of the 42 seats.