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Nandigram: Suvendu Adhikari declared winner, Mamata Banerjee says will move court against ‘cheating’
Nandigram: Suvendu Adhikari declared winner, Mamata Banerjee says will move court against ‘cheating’
Confusion prevailed over Nandigram’s result as conflicting reports and claims were made even as the Election Commission website showed counting was still on. Updated 3 hours ago West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee at a press briefing in Kolkata on Sunday, May 2. | Trinamool Congress/Facebook
The Election Commission late on Sunday declared Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Suvendu Adhikari as the winner in West Bengal’s Nandigram constituency.
The poll panel’s website showed that Adhikari, a Trinamool Congress turncoat, had defeated Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee by a margin of 1,956 votes. The final results came after a day of political drama that saw conflicting claims, allegations of fraud in counting, a demand for recount and its rejecti
Farm law protests: NIA summons farmers’ union leader for questioning on January 17
Baldev Singh Sirsa contended that the government was only trying to disrupt the farmers’ stir. Updated Jan 16, 2021 · 07:50 pm Farmers shout slogans during their ongoing agitation over the farm laws, at Singhu border in New Delhi on Friday. | Shahbaz Khan/ PTI
The National Investigating Agency has summoned Baldev Singh Sirsa, a farmers’ union head, for questioning on January 17, in connection with a case registered against a leader of the banned outfit Sikhs for Justice, reported
The Indian Express on Saturday. Sirsa is the president of Lok Bhalai Insaf Welfare Society, one of the unions protesting against the Centre’s farm laws.
Updated Dec 01, 2020 · 06:30 pm File photo of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. | Dave Chan/AFP
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday spoke in support of the farmers’ protest in Delhi against the Centre’s farm laws, saying that his country will always defend the rights of peaceful protestors.
“The situation [from the protest] is concerning,” he said at an online event to mark the birth anniversary of Guru Nanak. “We’re all very worried about family and friends. We know that’s a reality for many of you. Let me remind you, Canada will always be there to defend the rights of peaceful protestors.”