Kolkata, April 24 -- Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Friday urged people to ensure the deposit of all BJP contenders are forfeited.

He was addressing a public rally in Jagatballavpur of Howrah district.

"I am not a soothsayer but I had predicted the election results in 2021 and 2024 more or less correctly. Rest assured that Trinamool has got more than 100 seats in the first phase of the election which was held yesterday. People had voted for us and we expressed gratitude to them," he said.

He said "the BJP leaders have so much audacity that they have threatened the sons of the soil. The people came out from their houses and voted against the harassment of SIR," he said.

He said " Trinamool has selected...