West Bengal: BJP's Debangshu Panda's Massive Win in Falta Bypoll

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[00:00:00]The BJP's Dibangshu Panda has won the by-election to the Falta seat in West Bengal. As per information, Panda defeated his nearest rival Shambhunath Kurmi of the CPI-M by a margin of 1 [music] lakh 9,021 votes. The re-poll in Falta was ordered following allegations of EVM tampering [music] and irregularities during polling for the West Bengal Assembly elections. The result marks a dramatic political turnaround in a constituency [music] once projected by the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress as a [music] stronghold of its organizational dominance. Until recently, Falta had been described by the TMC as [music] a key symbol of its grassroots strength, but surprisingly, the TMC candidate finished in fourth place after [music] the announcement of the by-poll results.

[00:00:47]So, that is the big breaking news to start us off here, viewers, as the BJP's Dibangshu Panda has won the by-election to the Falta seat in West Bengal. As per information, Panda defeated his nearest rival Shambhunath Kurmi of the CPI-M by a margin of 1 lakh 9,021 votes. The re-poll in Falta was ordered following allegations of EVM tampering and irregularities during polling for the West Bengal Assembly elections. The result marks a dramatic political turnaround in a constituency once projected by the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress as a stronghold [music] of its organizational dominance. Until recently, Falta had been described by the TMC as a key symbol of its grassroots strength, but surprisingly, [music] the TMC candidate this time around finished in fourth place after the announcement [music] of the by-poll results. Meanwhile, West Bengal Chief Minister Subhendu Adhikari thanked [music] the voters in Falta for ensuring the BJP's victory and affirmed that his government is committed to building a golden Falta.

[00:01:56]So, that is indeed the big story coming in from West Bengal viewers where the BJP has emerged victorious from the Falta Assembly constituency and of course the BJP candidate Dibangshu Panda has won with a margin of over 1 lakh votes which clearly shows that it is a decisive mandate by the people of Falta constituency in favor of the saffron party and it not only does it spell bad news for the TMC, it also reflects the fact that the TMC having finished in fourth place, not even in the second or third place, of course shows that the TMC has been absolutely routed [music] not just from West Bengal but from the Falta constituency in particular as well. Of course, the second nearest rival, the person the candidate who finished second place [music] is the CPIM candidate who came a distant second to the BJP's Dibangshu Panda who finished with a vote margin of over 1 lakh 9,000 votes. So that is [music] indeed a very decisive victory by the BJP in the Falta constituency by-election and soon after the announcement of the result, West Bengal Chief Minister Shubhendu Adhikari declared that his government is committed to building a golden Falta.