CAPF personnel are present amid voter protest against TMC candidate Jahangir Khan during re-polling day for 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections following alleged harassment by TMC in Falta area, South 24 Parganas on Saturday. | Photo credit: ANI
Hundreds of villagers demanded security and protested after the votes were counted Lack in West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district on Saturday (May 2, 2026), alleging that they received life-long threats from TMC workers in the area.
Protesters, many of them women and holding BJP flags, blocked a road in Hasimnagar village, alleging that local panchayat pradhan Israfil, a close associate of TMC candidate Jehangir Khan, had threatened them with attacks after the election results were announced.
Published – 02 May 2026 15:49 IST
