Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee will take oath as cheif minister of West Bengal for third time at 10:45 PM on Wednesday at Raj Bhavan. On Monday, the occasion can be a low-key affair amid grim Covid state of affairs within the nation.
“The CM resigned and it has been accepted. She had been requested to continue till alternative arrangements are made,” governor Jagdeep Dhankar mentioned after the TMC chief met him and handed over listing of newly-elected Trinamool MLAs.
Trinamool Congress defeated BJP within the West Bengal meeting election 2021, pocketing 213 of the 292 meeting seats, to realize a landslide victory, nevertheless, the election end in Nandigram shocked everybody after protege-turned-BJP adversary Suvendu Adhikari defeated Mamata by a slim margin of 1,956 votes.
Adhikari bagged 1,10,764 votes to defeat Mamata in the one constituency she contested, nonetheless she is ready to take oath as Bengal CM for the third consecutive time period.
Mamata halleged manipulations within the counting votes and mentioned that she’s going to strategy the courtroom over alleged ‘mischief’ within the Nandigram seat the place she misplaced elections to Suvendu Adhikari.
Though the BJP failed in its effort to dislodge Banerjee from energy, it is for the primary time that it will likely be the principle opposition social gathering within the state meeting, rising from a measly three seats in 2016 to a minimum of 76 now.
