New Delhi: Voting for the second part of the West Bengal meeting elections came about on Thursday (April 1). This part noticed the hotly contested Nandigram constituency go to polls, the place Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is combating her friend-turned rival Suvendu Adhikari, who lately stop TMC to affix BJP.
Zee News Editor-in-Chief Sudhir Chaudhary on Thursday took the viewers by means of the occasions of the polling day, narrating how the battle of Nandigram was fought and what the excessive voter turnout means for West Bengal elections.
As many would have anticipated, violent clashes have been seen at totally different polling cubicles in Nandigram since morning.Â
The convoy of Suvendu Adhikari was attacked. The automotive he was sitting in was pelted with stones. Adhikari had a slender escape. He alleged that the assault was carried out by Mamata Banerjee’s supporters.
On the opposite hand, Banerjee was seen going to totally different polling cubicles in Nandigram and speaking to folks.
On reaching one of the polling cubicles, Banerjee alleged that there was a “complete breakdown of legislation and order on the polling sales space“. She mentioned that non-Bangla talking “outsiders” have been creating ruckus in the realm.
She claimed to have lodged 63 poll-related complaints through the day and alleged that no motion has been taken by the Election Commission on it.
She even referred to as West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar from the polling sales space and complained to him concerning the election disturbances.
All by means of the day, Suvendu and Mamata have been seen mounting verbal assaults on one another.
Does the excessive voter turnout sign ‘poriborton’?
By 4 pm greater than 70 per cent voting had been recorded in Nandigram. And by 5 pm, this determine crossed 80 per cent.
The reviews from the bottom counsel that there was intense polarization of Hindu and Muslim votes in this election, which has considerably elevated the probabilities of Suvendu’s victory.
Until lately, Suvendu was an element of Mamta Banerjee’s workforce. He gained from Nandigram seat in 2016 by an enormous margin of 87 thousand votes, bagging 67 per cent of the whole votes solid.
Earlier, Nandigram was thought-about a stronghold of left events. But the image modified from 2006 and TMC has dominated this seat since then.
Even in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, when the BJP stunned everybody by profitable 18 out of 42 seats, TMC secured 63 per cent votes in Nandigram.
This signifies that Banerjee does have a stronghold over this seat. However, the state of affairs is totally different this time. This time Banerjee is going through Suvendu, who himself has a big following in the constituency.Â
A turnout of over 80 per cent exhibits that it’s not going to be a simple combat for Banerjee. This might additionally imply {that a} “poriborton” could also be in the offing on the state stage.
