Abhishek Banerjee vows TMC will win more seats than 2021 in Bengal at Baruipur rally
Abhishek Banerjee vows TMC will win more seats than 2021 in Bengal at Baruipur rally
Ahead of the 2026 polls, Abhishek Banerjee claims the TMC will secure at least one more seat than 2021, blaming the BJP and criticizing the SIR roll revision.
Ahead of the 2026 Assembly polls in West Bengal, TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee asserted that the party will win at least one seat more than its tally five years ago. The TMC had, in 2021, won 213 seats in the 294-member Assembly. Addressing a rally in Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district, he alleged that the anti-Bengal NDA government at the Centre blocked funds for road projects and the 100-day rural employment scheme, and now it wants to deprive poor people of their democratic rights through the ongoing Special Intensive Revision' (SIR) of electoral rolls. He also claimed that the BJP was responsible for the unplanned SIR exercise that led to the deaths of many people in the State. The Election Commission had on December 16 published West Bengal's draft electoral rolls following SIR, deleting the names of more than 58 lakh voters on various grounds, including death and migration.
"My battle to fight against such forces starts from today. Mark my word - the TMC will win at least one seat more than our tally in the 2021 Assembly polls," the Diamond Harbour MP said while addressing the rally. During the TMC programme, Mr. Banerjee presented three people, including a woman in the district, claiming that they were reported dead in the SIR draft rolls. "How come they are present here?," he asked.
The rally underscored the party's strategy to frame the 2026 race as a contest between Bengal’s interests and central policies they describe as adversarial, while linking SIR concerns to broader questions about electoral integrity and governance in the state.
