BJP’s big bang in Bengal results in Debangshu Panda winning the seat by 1.09 lakh votes, TMC slipped to fourth position.

The biggest and shocking news of this time is coming out from the political riot of West Bengal. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has registered a unilateral and historic victory in the high-profile elections held on Phalta Assembly seat. BJP candidate Debangshu Panda has defeated his nearest rival CPI(M)’s Shambhu Nath Kurmi by a record huge margin of more than 1,09,021 votes. The biggest blow in this election has been suffered by the state’s former ruling party Trinamool Congress (TMC), whose candidate has slipped to fourth position. At the same time, Congress’s Abdur Razzaq Mulla stood third with just 10 thousand votes. Abhishek Banerjee raised questions on the speed of election results. After this crushing and historic defeat in Falta, TMC MP from Diamond Harbor Abhishek Banerjee is completely upset. Expressing deep objection to the process of counting of votes, he has demanded a written explanation from the Election Commission of India (ECI). Abhishek Banerjee alleged major discrepancies in the results and said, "This is the first time in the electoral history of West Bengal that 21 rounds of counting of votes were completed by 3 pm. Whereas usually by this time only 2 to 4 rounds of counting could be completed. After all, what is the secret behind such haste and speed?"

Re-poll was conducted after spraying perfume on EVMs and booth capturing. Let us tell you that during the initial voting on Phalta seat, complaints of widespread rigging and irregularities were reported. At many polling stations, there were serious allegations of spraying suspicious substances like perfume on EVM machines, deliberately covering the election symbols of opposition parties and booth capturing. Finding these complaints to be true, the Election Commission on April 29 had given a historic decision to conduct re-polling in all 285 booths of the entire assembly. In this re-polling, a record 86 percent voting was recorded amid heavy deployment of central forces. TMC candidate had left the field, Abhishek Banerjee accused of driving away the agents. Another interesting thing about this election was that even before the voting, TMC candidate Jahangir Khan had announced not to contest the election while leaving the field, although due to technical reasons, his name and election symbol were present on the EVM. Expressing grief over the plight of his party, Abhishek Banerjee alleged, "As a result, more than 1,000 active TMC workers were intimidated and chased away and the Election Commission turned a blind eye. Our party offices were attacked in broad daylight. The most worrying thing is that except BJP, polling agents of all the opposition parties were also chased away from the counting centres. This is a direct attack on democracy and fair election system."

‘Diamond Harbor Model’ became the reason for TMC’s defeat: CM Shubhendu Adhikari Expressing happiness over BJP’s landslide victory in Falta, West Bengal Chief Minister Shubhendu Adhikari has taken a sharp jibe at TMC. CM Shubhendu Adhikari said, "After a long wait of 15 years, the people of Bengal have got the freedom to vote without fear, and as soon as the free voting took place, the whole truth has become milk of milk and water of water. TMC was no longer a political party but a mafia company, which misused the state government machinery and looted the public’s hard-earned money with both hands. The ‘Diamond Harbor Model’ which they used to trumpet, has today become the biggest reason for TMC’s departure and crushing defeat."