Ahead of the counting day for the crucial Assembly elections in West Bengal, the TMC on Sunday exuded confidence and challenged the BJP over the repolling in the Falta constituency.
Targeting the BJP and the Election Commission, the Mamata Banerjee-led party asked them to "bring everything you've got" to win the elections in Falta, where repolling will be held on May 21.
In a rare incident, the ECI had on Saturday ordered repolling in all 285 polling stations of the Falta assembly seat in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district.
The ECI cited "severe electoral offences" during the polling on April 29, calling it a "subversion of democratic process" as the reason for its rare decision. The counting of votes in the constituency has been scheduled for May 24.
Reacting to the development, The TMC in a post on X said, "Falta. Diamond Harbour. May 21. Spare no expense. Bring everything you've got. Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Yogi Adityanath, if you have the spine for it, come yourselves. Deploy 50,000 Central Force personnel."
Referring to the Uttar Pradesh-cadre IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma appointed as police observer by the EC, the TMC said, "Line every polling booth with armoured vehicles. Fly in every 'Singham' you have at your disposal."
Sharma, also known by the moniker 'Singham', has faced criticism from the TMC over alleged intimidation of the party's candidates.
"Run your IT Cell ragged with two weeks of nonstop misinformation. Have your paid media unleash as much 'hawabaazi' (making exaggerated claims) as their lungs will allow. And by all means, bring Gyanesh Kumar to Falta and let him oil every last gear of your machinery with his own hands," the TMC said.
The ruling party claimed that the people of Falta would vote against the BJP.
"Do all of it. We insist. Because when the smoke clears and the votes are counted, it will be the people of Falta who have the last word. And the people of Falta have already decided. So come prepared. Or better yet, come prepared to lose," the TMC said.
