Apocalypse engulfs India
Supporters of the Trinamool Congress party celebrate the party’s lead in the West Bengal state legislative assembly elections during counting in Kolkata on May 2. Agence France-Presse
WEST Bengal elections results could not have been, to put it mildly, more disappointing for the Indian prime minister and his Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance. Never in India’s electoral history has the party/alliance in the centre led by the prime minister organised themselves against a regional party in power in a state in the manner Narendra Modi did and led the NDA alliance to defeat Mamata Banerjee from leading Trinamool to power for a third time.
West Bengal Assembly Elections | Nandigram RO was threatened, says Mamata
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Returning Officer was threatened, she alleges
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Returning Officer was threatened, she alleges
Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee on Monday said her party would approach the court on the Nandigram election results. Speaking to journalists outside her residence, Ms. Banerjee said the Returning Officer for Nandigram received threats to his life if he ordered a recounting of votes for the constituency.
While she lost from Nandigram, the TMC has won 213 seats of the 292 that went to polls in West Bengal.
“Everywhere there is one result; at one place it is different. Where did the 8,000 votes lead disappear? Then suddenly the server went slow for four hours, and then there was load shedding for 40 minutes. They have changed many things including machines,” Ms Banerjee alleged.
Huge turnout in largely peaceful fifth phase polling in Bengal
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Kolkata: People stand in a queue at a polling station to cast their vote during the 5th phase of West Bengal s State Assembly elections at Barasat in North 24 Parganas on Saturday, 17th April, 2021.(Photo:IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Kolkata, April 17 : Though there were some stray incidents but the state recorded huge polling in the fifth phase of the election. The final figures are yet to come but the voters turnout recorded by the commission shows that there was 78.36 percent polling till 5 p.m. on Saturday evening.