"TMC will perform better compared to what we had in 2019": Abhishek Banerjee

Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], June 1 (ANI): Trinamool Congress candidate on Diamond Harbour seat in West Bengal and TMC General Secretary, Abhishek Banerjee on Saturday cast his vote in the last phase and claimed that the TMC will better its tally compared to what they got in the 2019 elections.
Banerjee cast his vote at Mitra Institution at Harish Mukherjee Road in Bengal.
He said, "Democracy was strangled in Banaras. Nominations of candidates were cancelled. If someone was going to the returning officer's office, he was not allowed to enter inside. If you know that people's support is with you then why are you afraid? There is an election on nine seats today and TMC will win all."
"What I was saying before the elections, I am saying the same today that we will perform better compared to what we had in 2019. Trinamool will better its tally compared to what we got in 2019, both in terms of seat share and vote share," Abhishek Banerjee added.
Further, the TMC leader asserted that he does not make predictions like Amit Shah but feels that in the 35 seats, where elections have been concluded in Bengal, Trinamool has already surpassed 22 seats.
"There is a large amount of resentment against the current dispensation for depriving the people, for withholding all the opposition ruled states rightful dues, for propagating and amplifying their 'Jumlas' without delivering anything. When the results come out, people will give a befitting reply to the BJP," Banerjee said.
Abhishek is in the electoral fray against CPI(M) candidate Pratikur Rahaman and BJP's Abhijit Das.
In the 2019 elections, the TMC leader got 7,91,127 votes winning the seat with a margin of about 2.4 lakh votes.
Meanwhile, voting began at 7 am in West Bengal's nine seats including-- Barasat, Basirhat, Diamond Harbour, Dum Dum, Jaynagar, Jadavpur, Kolkata Dakshin, Kolkata Uttar, and Mathurapur.
After the close of voting on June 1, the outcome of exit polls will be aired on various TV channels. The Election Commission has issued a ban on exit polls from 7 am on April 19 to 6:30 pm on June 1, till the conclusion of polling.
Polling for the earlier six phases of Lok Sabha elections was held on April 19, April 26, May 7, May 13, May 20, and May 25. Assembly polls have also been held in Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, and Arunachal Pradesh. Odisha is seeing simultaneous polls to Lok Sabha and assembly in the last four phases. (ANI)