TMC’s Derek O Brien. File
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We will get all parties together to demand reforms in the functioning of the EC, says TMC MP
A day after the Trinamool Congress’s emphatic victory in West Bengal, senior party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Derek O’ Brien attributed the win to ten years of Mamata Banerjee’s people-centred governance even as he called out the role of the Election Commission in the extended poll schedule, alleging that rules were bent to favour the BJP.
First of all, many congratulations for TMC’s victory in West Bengal. What were the factors that worked in your favour?
‘Election Commission should be disbanded and its members probed,’ says Anand Sharma
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May 03, 2021 18:51 IST
The Congress leader said the ECI’s actions in Bengal were shocking and condemnable, and it acted as a willing accomplice of the BJP
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Congress leader Anand Sharma. File
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The Congress leader said the ECI’s actions in Bengal were shocking and condemnable, and it acted as a willing accomplice of the BJP
Deputy Leader of the Congress in the Rajya Sabha, Anand Sharma, on Monday lashed out at the Election Commission of India (EC) for being ‘partisan’ and asserted that present poll body should be disbanded as it allegedly “betrayed the trust of voters”.
Polarisation, anti-incumbency, turncoats: Did the BJP overestimate its chances in Bengal?
Why did the BJP fall so short of victory despite an all-out effort? The answer perhaps lies in misguided approximations and conjectures that made its otherwise fabled strategising go awry.
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The West Bengal election results on Sunday came as a shock to the BJP. (Photo: PTI file)
The West Bengal election results on Sunday came as a rude shock to the BJP. The sweeping victory of Trinamool Congress was neither foretold by reporters on the ground nor anticipated in the exit polls. The results in some ways have humbled all those in the business of studying and predicting elections journalists, pollsters and academicians.
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Governor summons officials; party’s State president Dilip Ghosh says 6 persons, including 5 party supporters, have been killed in past 24 hours
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West Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh near his damaged vehicle after he was allegedly attacked following an election meeting in the Sitalkuchi area of Cooch Behar.
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Governor summons officials; party’s State president Dilip Ghosh says 6 persons, including 5 party supporters, have been killed in past 24 hours
The West Bengal BJP leadership on Monday alleged that party supporters were being targeted after the results of the Assembly polls were announced. Party’s State president Dilip Ghosh said six persons, including five party supporters, have been killed in the past 24 hours.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee landed a landslide victory for her Trinamool Congress (TMC) in the West Bengal Assembly election, the result of which was announced on Sunday, decimating the challenges by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). But there remains a confusion over the outcome in Nandigram, the seat of her prestige fight with former party colleague and now a BJP member, Suvendu Adhikari.
A three-member TMC delegation was understood to have met the Chief Electoral Officer at the Election Commission office in Kolkata and sought a recount in Nandigram, even as Banerjee s protégé-turned-adversary Adhikari tweeted thanking the people of Nandigram for their love, trust, blessings and support and for choosing him as their representative. He even tweeted a result annexure showing a winning margin of 1,736 votes.