Kolkata, May 25:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed the BJP’s sweeping victory in West Bengal’s Falta Assembly repoll after the party crushed the Trinamool Congress by more than one lakh votes in a constituency long regarded as a TMC stronghold.
The BJP’s Debangshu Panda secured 1,49,666 votes, defeating CPI(M) candidate Sambhu Nath Kurmi by a margin of 1,09,021 votes. Kurmi polled 40,645 votes, while Congress candidate Abdur Razzak Molla finished third with 10,084 votes.
In a post on X, PM Modi called the result a victory for democracy and an endorsement of the BJP’s governance in West Bengal.
“People of Falta have spoken! Democracy has won and intimidation has lost. Congratulations to Shri Debangshu Panda Ji for winning in Falta by a record margin,” the Prime Minister wrote.