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The poll body has rejected the Trinamool appeal for a recount of votes at Nandigram. (File) New Delhi: The Election Commission has said that the Returning Officer (RO) is the final authority under the law in the matter of recounting in the Nandigram assembly constituency. Certain sections of media have reported about the matter of recounting in Nandigram AC. Returning officer (RO) of an assembly constituency performs statutory functions under the RP Act, 1951 in quasi-judicial capacity independently. Whether it is nomination, polling or counting, the RO acts strictly in accordance with the extant electoral laws, instructions and guidelines of the ECI, the poll body said. ....
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. ....
Amid counting on votes on Sunday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed that she has information that some manipulations were done after the declaration of results for the Nandigram seat. ....
May 2, 2021, the hundredth birth anniversary of filmmaker Satyajit Ray, will forever belong to Mamata Banerjee. Defeating all odds, the Trinamool Congress (TMC), headed by her, coasted to a comfortable and credible majority in West Bengal, winning 216 seats, bettering its performance of 211 in the outgoing Assembly. While she lost her own seat, Nandigram, her party’s performance elicited opposition congratulations from across the country. The CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala also posted stunning gains, winning 97 seats, up from 91 in 2016, suggesting incumbency can also be a positive in elections. In Tamil Nadu, the ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) alliance put up a brave fight (85 seats) but could not save its government, yielding to the opposition Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam alliance (149 seats), whose leader, M K Stalin will become chief minister for the first time. The Congress is a DMK ally. ....
Modi makes strong Hindutva pitch in Bengal, slams TMC over antipathy for chotiwalas SECTIONS Last Updated: Apr 01, 2021, 07:26 PM IST Share Synopsis He was referring to the recent public declaration by Banerjee of her gotra (clan), an unusual thing for the Bengal leader to do, during the campaigning for the Nandigram seat. Trinamool not cool but shool for Bengal; BJP will get over 200 seats: PM Modi in Jaynagar Making a strong Hindutva pitch at the hustings in West Bengal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday attacked TMC leaders for calling those wearing saffron, sporting tilak and choti as rakshas , and declared he does not believe in seasonal faith . He also said a BJP wave was blowing across West Bengal where the party will win over 200 of the state s 294 assembly seats. ....