Ahead of the second and the final phase of polling for the West Bengal Assembly election on April 29, senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday (April 26, 2026) accused the ruling Trinamool Congress of running a reign of terror in the State. 

“In West Bengal today, it is not democracy but TMC’s reign of terror that prevails. Intimidating, attacking, and eliminating opposing voices after votes are cast -this has become the defining character of TMC,” Mr. Gandhi wrote in a social media post flagging the murder of a Congress worker.