BJP wins Falta repoll by over one lakh votes

The Story in Brief

BJP candidate Debangshu Panda won the Falta Assembly repoll by more than one lakh votes, securing 149,666 votes against CPI(M)’s Sambhu Nath Kurmi at 40,645. Congress nominee Abdur Razzak Molla polled 10,084, while Trinamool Congress candidate Jahangir Khan finished fourth with 7,783. More than 87 per cent of voters participated in the May 21 repoll across all 285 booths, ordered after allegations of irregularities during the April 29 polling.

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari called the result a restoration of democracy and attacked the TMC. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Panda. TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee questioned the counting process, alleging intimidation and irregularities, and sought an independent CCTV audit. The result reverses the TMC’s 40,374-vote victory in Falta in 2021.

The Indian Opinion

The easy story is that one repoll proves either the TMC’s collapse or the BJP’s complete organisational triumph. Neither claim is settled by a single constituency. The margin is undeniably large, but the April polling allegations and Banerjee’s counting claims require evidence, not political slogans. The Election Commission’s records, including booth-level turnout and any CCTV audit, should decide whether this was a clean verdict or a disputed one.

Source: millenniumpost.in

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