The Trinamool Congress on Sunday (May 3, 2026) challenged the BJP to use its full machinery to win the Falta Assembly seat, where fresh voting will be held on May 21 after the Election Commission of India (ECI) countermanded the polls in the constituency, citing "severe electoral offences".
In a post on X, the Mamata Banerjee-led party asked the BJP to bring Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to Falta, and urged the ECI to deploy 50,000 central force personnel, claiming that such measures would not have any effect on the electorate.