The Election Commission has rejected the attraction of the Trinamool Congress for a recount at Nandigram, the place CM Mamata Banerjee misplaced to Suvendu Adhikari. The Returning Officer mentioned that the end result will probably be formally declared after the VVPAT slips are tallied with the votes on the Electronic Voting Machines.
In Nandigram, which was the cynosure of all eyes because of its high-octane election, BJP star candidate Suvendu Adhikari on Sunday outsmarted TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by a margin of 1,956 votes to emerge the winner in the constituency, NDTV reported.
While Adhikari bagged 1,10,764 votes, Banerjee, his one-time mentor, managed 1,08808 votes, the ballot panel confirmed.
CPI(M)’s Minakshi Mukherjee completed in a distant third place polling simply 6267 votes, the EC web site mentioned. There was large confusion on who had really bagged the essential Nandigram seat after experiences stating that Banerjee had defeated Adhikari appeared in completely different media although there was no affirmation from the Election Commission.
While Adhikari thanked the individuals of Nandigram for voting in his favour, the TMC raised query on BJP’s victory in the seat.
“Something is fishy about Nandigram, don’t you assume? A celebration wins practically three-fourths of all of the seats in the state and the Chief Minister loses her seat – one thing very fishy went on in Nandigram,” senior Trinamool leader Derek O’Brien told NDTV.
The BJP on the other hand said that some of its leaders, including Suvendu Adhikari, were heckled by TMC activists. Some of the demonstrators banged on the windshield of Adhikari’s car and also hurled stones near a counting centre in Haldia, members of the saffron party claimed. “He is a traitor. He took to unfair means to change the results,” a TMC activist was heard saying.
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