Mamata Banerjee wins Nandigram by 1200 votes
Overall the Trinamool Congress (TMC) is leading in 212 of the total 292 seats in West Bengal, as per the latest trend
Sunday May 2, 2021 5:03 PM, ummid.com with inputs from IANS
Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee has won the Nandigram assembly seat from where she was trailing since the counting of votes that began Sunday morning.
According to the latest update, Mamata defeated her former aide and ex-minister Suvendu Adhikari by 1200 votes.
Nandigram was won by Suvendu Adhikari in earlier election as TMC candidate. He however switched to BJP in December last - few months before the state polls.
Violence erupted in pockets of Siliguri and Jalpaiguri towns after Saturday’s polls.
In Siliguri, Trinamul supporters residing in Porajhar, a locality that comes under the Dabgram-Fulbari Assembly constituency represented by tourism minister Gautam Deb, alleged on Sunday that a group of BJP supporters ransacked a local party office and attacked some of their houses.
Deb, who reached the spot and met his supporters, said they had information that the BJP candidate Sikha Chatterjee) was also present.
Chatterjee, who also reached Porajhar, countered that Trinamul supporters had beaten up her party workers.
As the news spread, police officers visited the spot and spoke to locals. Supporters of both parties have been asked to refrain from any activity that can breach law and order, a police officer said. “We are looking into the complaints. Patrolling will be intensified in the locality,” he added.
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