'Pushpa now my responsibility': Suvendu warns TMC's Jahangir Khan ahead of Falta repolling

NEW DELHI: West Bengal main curate Suvendu Adhikari connected Saturday warned Trinamool Congress' (TMC) “so-called Pushpa” Jahangir Khan up of repolling successful the Falta assembly constituency, scheduled for May 21."So-called Pushpa is my work now; Falta repoll indispensable beryllium violence-free," PTI quoted Adhikari arsenic saying.In the run-up to the assembly elections, Khan, a Trinamool strongman and the party’s Falta candidate, had described himself arsenic “Pushpa” — the smuggler-turned-strongman quality played by Allu Arjun successful the 2 "Pushpa" films.That remark was successful effect to UP-cadre IPS serviceman Ajay Pal Sharma, who was appointed by the Election Commission arsenic a constabulary perceiver successful West Bengal, being likened to “Singham” — the constabulary serviceman quality portrayed by Ajay Devgn successful the "Singham" movie series. In a viral video, Sharma was seen informing Khan's family, prompting Khan's response."Tell him, we’ll woody decently with him if his men proceed to threaten...don’t outcry oregon regret it then," Sharma said successful the video.The Election Commission ordered caller polling successful Falta aft the fastener adjacent to the BJP’s awesome connected physics voting machines was recovered taped astatine respective polling booths. Counting of votes volition instrumentality spot connected May 24.

In the West Bengal assembly elections, held connected April 23 and 29, the BJP ousted the TMC, ending the Mamata Banerjee-led party’s 15-year regularisation and forming its archetypal authorities successful the state. The elections witnessed a turnout of implicit 90% successful some phases.Adhikari, a erstwhile TMC leader, won from some his bastion Nandigram and Banerjee's Bhabanipur stronghold, wherever helium defeated the now-former main curate successful a repetition of their 2021 Nandigram contest, successful which helium had narrowly prevailed. He has since vacated the Nandigram spot and retained Bhabanipur.