Abhishek Banerjee, the National General Secretary of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Member of Parliament, expressed that the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) is experiencing panic as the West Bengal Assembly elections approach. He claimed that the TMC has achieved significant success in the first phase of polling, stating, 'We have hit a century.' Banerjee criticized the BJP for attempting to control the narrative through national media, suggesting they are falsely portraying themselves as leading in the elections. Meanwhile, Tapas Roy, the BJP candidate for Maniktala, approached the Election Commission, advocating for the second phase of elections to be conducted similarly to the first phase, which he described as a positive experience for the voters of Bengal. The political atmosphere is tense as the second phase of polling nears, with both parties making bold claims about their performances.