Achieving polarization-independent strong light-matter coupling remains a central challenge for practical integrated photonic platforms. Conventional metasurfaces based on bound states in the continuum (BICs) can sustain ultrahigh quality ($Q$) factors, yet their intrinsic polarization sensitivity limits their applicability in polarization-insensitive systems. Here, we propose a $C_{4v}$ symmetric ${\mathrm{WSe}}_2$ metasurface that supports degenerate toroidal quasi-BIC resonances and enables polarization-independent exciton-polaritons. Electromagnetic field analyses and multipole decomposition reveal that the dual degenerate modes originate from electric and magnetic toroidal dipole excitations, whose resonance wavelengths and $Q$ factors can be precisely tuned through a structural asymmetry parameter. Leveraging these polarization-independent resonances, we demonstrate strong coupling between the quasi-BIC modes and ${\mathrm{WSe}}_2$ excitons, evidenced by persistent anticrossing behavior for all polarization angles and coupling strengths that can be flexibly controlled via geometric perturbation. These results establish a viable route toward polarization-independent exciton-polaritons in van der Waals metasurfaces and provide a promising platform for robust light-matter interaction, sensing, and integrated nanophotonic devices.

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• Light-matter interaction
• Metasurfaces
• Mie scattering