In a significant development, the Election Commission of India has rejected TMC’s demand seeking recount of votes at Nandigram which saw a tight fight between TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari. It is to be noted that Mamata lost to Adhikari by 1,756 votes from Nandigram. For her part, TMC supremo and CM Mamata said that ‘malpractices’ took place during counting at Nandigram and she would approach the courts. Hitting back at him Mamata said, “Nandigram is not a matter to me. The Election Commission worked as a spokesperson of the BJP and now see what they are doing.

Source: dna May 03, 2021 03:43 UTC