bhaigan Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 New Delhi: The Election Commission has rejected the Trinamool Congress's appeal for a recount of votes at Nandigram, where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had faced her aide-turned- arch rival Suvendu Adhikari. The Returning Officer has said that the result will be officially declared after the VVPAT slips are tallied with the votes on the Electronic Voting Machines. After a day of yo-yo competition. the results this evening indicated that the Chief Minister had lost to Mr Adhikari by 1,736 votes in the contest that was the centrepiece of the assembly election in the state. The Trinamool Congress has declared the counting process "fishy". Ms Banerjee alleged "malpractices" and said she would approach the courts. "Let the Nandigram people give whatever verdict they want, I accept that. Nandigram was a sacrifice that was needed in the larger victory. We have won the state," said the Chief Minister, whose party is heading for a stupendous victory in more than 200 seats. "But I will go to the court because I have heard there were some malpractices," she had said earlier. The Chief Minister's announcement this evening came amid much confusion with the Election Commission website updations running excruciatingly slowly. Even around 10.30 pm, the site showed partial results from Nandigram, in which the Chief Minister appeared to be leading. "Something is fishy about Nandigram, don't you think? A party wins nearly three-fourths of all the seats in the state and the Chief Minister loses her seat - something very fishy went on in Nandigram," senior Trinamool leader Derek O'Brien told NDTV. Ms Banerjee had trailed Mr Adhikari for half the day as counting progressed. But Trinamool leaders said it was to be expected since the votes belonged to a majority-community block. The tables would be turned, they said, once the votes from minority dominated areas are counted. By the evening, the contest had become a cliffhanger, with Ms Banerjee overcoming a 10,000-plus gap in votes and pulling forward. Thereafter, the results went yo-yo with every round. For Trinamool, which is heading for a 210-plus seat victory against a massive challenge by the BJP's hugely powerful election machinery, the Chief Minister's defeat in Nandigram will be an acute embarrassment. Nandigram was the place which had catapulted Ms Banerjee to power a decade ago. But the groundwork, with a movement against land acquisition by the Left Front government, was said to have been done by Suvendu Adhikari, who was one of Ms Banerjee's closest aides at the time. The Chief Minister – stung by his defection in December – had taken the battle to his home turf, declaring that she would contest from Nandigram, quitting her regular seat in Kolkata's Bhowanipur. What followed was a deeply polarising campaign in which Mr Adhikari had tagged Ms Banerjee a "begum" and warned people that any votes for her will lead to the creation of a "mini Pakistan". Ms Banerjee had retaliated saying that she was the daughter of a Brahmin who knows her scriptures. Her Chandi paath in Nandigram day before the filing of nomination, the subsequent injury to her leg and her delivery of speeches from her wheelchair, were the high points of the red-hot campaign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhaigan Posted May 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 Something is Fishy Why EC rejected recounting ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoomNaidu Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 1 minute ago, bhaigan said: Something is Fishy Why EC rejected recounting ? Some gottam will also come n ask to recount 216 seats - will that be okay ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhaigan Posted May 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 1 minute ago, ZoomNaidu said: Some gottam will also come n ask to recount 216 seats - will that be okay ? akkada unna candidates adugutharu recounting cheyamani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhaigan Posted May 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 Is EC part of BJP's 'toolkit' ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoomNaidu Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 1 minute ago, bhaigan said: akkada unna candidates adugutharu recounting cheyamani Vaalley adugutharu, ok na Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoomNaidu Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 1 minute ago, bhaigan said: Is EC part of BJP's 'toolkit' ? G tho navvuthaaru ippudu kuda alaaga annaarantey 😂😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhaigan Posted May 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 I am guessing BJP is blackmailing Mamata to join NDA ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhaigan Posted May 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 5 minutes ago, ZoomNaidu said: Vaalley adugutharu, ok na adagamanu antha anumanam unte she is CM candidate man Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoomNaidu Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 1 minute ago, bhaigan said: I am guessing BJP is blackmailing Mamata to join NDA ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhaigan Posted May 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 19 minutes ago, ZoomNaidu said: G tho navvuthaaru ippudu kuda alaaga annaarantey 😂😂 navvutharu navvutharu bane navvutharu le Maharastra lo single phase, WB lo 8 phases annapude navvaru Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhaigan Posted May 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 Just now, ZoomNaidu said: pakka ki poyi aduko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZoomNaidu Posted May 3, 2021 Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 1 minute ago, bhaigan said: pakka ki poyi aduko Worth!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhaigan Posted May 3, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2021 8 minutes ago, ZoomNaidu said: Worth!! YW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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