Nandigram election result: Mamata Banerjee challenges Suvendu Adhikari’s victory in Calcutta High Court; hearing today

As per the election fee, Adhikari, who joined the BJP after quitting the TMC, defeated Mamata Banerjee by 1956 votes.

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Supremo Mamata Banerjee has challenged protege-turned-foe Suvendu Adhikari’s election from Nandigram within the Calcutta Excessive Courtroom. Banerjee filed an election petition earlier than the Excessive Courtroom yesterday praying for declaring the Nandigram election end result null and void. Justice Kausik Chanda will hear the matter at the moment.

In her petition, the West Bengal Chief Minister has accused Suvendu Adhikari of committing corrupt practices as envisaged below Part 123 of the Illustration of the Individuals Act, 1951. She accused Adhikari of ‘bribery, undue affect, spreading enmity’ and contended that discrepancies had been dedicated within the counting course of.

The election outcomes for the West Bengal Meeting ballot had been declared on Could 2, greater than a month in the past. As per the election fee, Adhikari, who joined the BJP after quitting the TMC, defeated Mamata Banerjee by 1956 votes. Whereas Adhikari had polled 1,10,764 votes, Banerjee had obtained 1,08,808 votes. Adhikari’s vote share stood at 48.49 whereas that of Banerjee was 47.64.

Banerjee had requested the EC for recounting of the votes however the returning officer had refused to entertain her plea. Following what was solely the second defeat of her political profession, Banerjee had mentioned that she would go to the court docket in opposition to the end result and alleged discrepancies and malpractices within the counting course of.

Banerjee had accepted Adhikari’s problem to contest from Nandigram and had left her conventional constituency Bhabanipur. The fiercely contested election of Nandigram resulted in one of many few incidences the place a sitting CM misplaced the ballot however the ruling occasion secured the bulk.

As Adhikari emerged as a large slayer within the polls, the BJP which outclassed the Congress and the CPI-M, nominated him because the Chief of the Opposition within the West Bengal Meeting.