Suvendu Adhikari, the BJP MLA from Nandigram, was on Monday elected because the Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the West Bengal Assembly. The announcement was made by Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in Kolkata. Recently, the BJP Parliamentary Board had appointed Prasad and BJP nationwide normal secretary Bhupender Yadav as central observers for the election of 77 BJP MLAs in the West Bengal meeting.
Adhikari’s title was chosen because the LoP after he defeated TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from the Nandigram seat by 1,956 votes.
Soon after his title was declared as LoP, Adhikari whereas addressing his occasion colleagues mentioned, “I want to thank senior occasion leaders for making me the LoP. I’ll attempt to fulfil my obligation and duty. In this Assembly elections, we’ve got to note three issues…one is a loser Chief Minister candidate (Mamata Banerjee) has as soon as once more sworn in because the Chief Minister and this occurred for the primary time in Bengal. Secondly, for the primary time, there is not going to be any representatives from the Congress and the Left Front on the State Assembly and the third vital level is for the primary time 77 BJP MLAs, in such massive numbers, might be on the Assembly.”
While condemning the post-poll result violence, he said, “It is unfortunate that TMC goons are attacking the people belonging to a particular community. Many villages were destroyed and people fled to neighbouring States to save their lives. It is painful that our people are living like refugees in Assam. Indians are living like refugees in India. I urge for peace in the State.”
Polling in Nandigram was held on April 1, and this time 88 per cent voting recorded in the constituency which is roughly 1 p.c extra as in comparison with 2016, when the voting share was 86.9.
Mamata Banerjee led her occasion to a spectacular victory in the West Bengal polls on May 2, however she was handed a surprising defeat by her former protégé Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram seat.
Following a nail-biting contest that noticed the 2 alternately take turns on the prime because the counting of votes progressed by means of the day, Adhikari defeated the incumbent Chief Minister by lower than 2,000 votes.
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