New Delhi, May 25 -- Following the Bharatiya Janata Party's win in the repolling for the Falta Assembly seat, Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Saugata Roy has termed the withdrawal of the party's candidate ahead of the repolling as a "betrayal" and said pressure was behind the move.

Speaking to ANI here, Roy said the timing of the withdrawal led to the candidate's name remaining on the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM), as it was done after the last date for withdrawal had passed.

"The result was bound to come because our TMC candidate, Jahangir Khan, had withdrawn from the election just a few days before the campaigning ended. His name remained on the EVM because the last date for withdrawal had already passed. This was a betrayal by Jahangir...