Mamata Banerjee has claimed that TMC will form government in West Bengal with a two-third majority.
TMC leader Mamata Banerjee (Image: IANS)
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday, April 29, claimed that the Trinamool Congress (TMC) will form government in the state with a “2/3rd majority” in the 2026 Assembly elections.
“As per the information we have, BJP is losing in Bengal. We are going to form our government with a 2/3rd majority,” Banerjee said in Bhabanipur, where she is pitted against Leader of Opposition in Bengal Suvendu Adhikari.
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#WATCH | Kolkata: TMC candidate from Bhabanipur and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee says, “As per the information we have, BJP is losing in Bengal. We are going to form our government with a 2/3rd majority.”
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Central forces ‘working to help BJP’
After casting her vote at Mitra Institution polling booth in the Bhabanipur constituency, Banerjee alleged that the central forces deployed in the state for Assembly polls were working in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). She further claimed that elections were not being held in a free and fair manner.
Launched a sharp attack on the central forces, Banerjee said that TMC workers as well as and party’s polling agents were being intimidated and driven out of booths.
“The atrocities by the central forces are unprecedented. What is happening is not at all free and fair polls,” she said.
She further alleged that central forces were being used for partisan political purposes. “Central forces are supposed to guard the country’s borders, but instead they are working for a particular party… The central forces are torturing common people. It is like brutalising the democracy. Is this an example of free and fair polls?” she asked.
Earlier in the day, Banerjee visited several polling booths in the Bhabanipur constituency, including multiple areas in Chetla, Padmapukur and Chakraberia, after getting complaints from local TMC leaders over alleged intimidation and irregularities.
Voter turnout crosses 78% after eight hours of voting
The polling percentage in the first eight hours till 3 p.m. in the second phase of West Bengal Assembly elections for 142 constituencies was recorded at 78.68 per cent, as per the official data shared by the Election Commission.
This was marginally lower than 78.77 per cent that was recorded during the first six hours of April 23 voting in the first phase in 152 Assembly constituencies.
With a few hours of polling left till 6 p.m., the polling percentage in the second phase could reach around 93 per cent, as recorded in the first phase.
During the second phase, a total of 3,21,73,837 voters, including 1,64,35,627 men, 1,57,37,418 women as well as 792 third-gender voters, are eligible to cast their votes across 41,001 polling stations, all under webcasting surveillance to ensure transparency. The counting of votes will take place on May 4.
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