West Bengal polls 2026: ‘Singham vs Pushpa’ face-off in Falta amid voter intimidation crackdown

A high-profile IPS officer, Ajay Pal Sharma, is on the ground in Falta Constituency, South 24 Parganas. He is accompanied by a large CRPF contingent to identify and deter those intimidating voters. TMC candidate Jahangir Khan has publicly challeng...

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West Bengal polls phase 2: Police observer Ajay Pal Sharma
Kolkata: In South 24 Parganas district's Falta Constituency, it is "Singham" vs "Pushpa". The Election Commission appointed IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma, known as the "Dabang" officer of Uttar Pradesh, has been visiting various belts of South 24 Parganas district's Falta Constituency with a huge CRPF force from Tuesday morning to identify the miscreants who are intimidating the voters. Meanwhile, Trinamool candidate Jahangir Khan called himself "Pushpa."

A list of people, who are intimidating the voters, has been prepared by the police observer Pal Sharma, and he has visited various villages of Falta Constituency today, with a huge CRPF force. This measure has been taken to maintain law and order and prevent voter intimidation in various super-sensitive pockets of Falta, ECI sources said. Trinamool Congress workers protested as Sharma was travelling in the villages.

Falta Trinamool Candidate Jahangir Khan said, "A police observer cannot give threats. He should contact the Police Superintendent and then reach the villages. He is going to my Anchal Presidents, our leaders and workers and intimidating us. If he is Singham, I am also Pushpa."


A video of Ajay Pal Sharma has gone viral on social media. In the video, he is seen going to the house of Trinamool Congress candidate Jahangir from the Falta area. The video of Uttar Pradesh IPS officer Ajay Pal Sharma issuing a stern warning over alleged voter intimidation in West Bengal surfaced on social media and went viral. Sharma, posted as police observer in South 24 Parganas, acted after complaints that voters were being threatened in the Falta Assembly constituency.

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