After TMC’s defeat in West Bengal, the party’s National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee said that we have not lost, but we have been defeated by looting votes. He said, ‘Votes in EVMs probably cannot be manipulated, but EVM machines can be changed. When the EVM on which the vote was cast is being matched on the counting table, the serial number is not matching. He accused the Election Commission of rigging.

There were only central employees at the counting centre: Abhishek Banerjee

Abhishek Banerjee said, ‘After 2 o’clock all the counting agents were killed and driven away and all this is recorded in the CCTV footage. 80-90 percent counting should have been completed by 2 pm, but till yesterday afternoon only 2 or 3 rounds of counting were completed and in some places 20 rounds were left, in some places 24 rounds were left. The Supreme Court had directed that both state and central employees should be present, but at many counting centers there were only central employees.

Election Commission challenged to release CCTV footage

He said, ‘How many votes is the difference between TMC and BJP? Of the 32 lakh votes, you had already removed 30 lakh voters from the voter list and then added 7 lakh more voters to it. The counting of 10-15 lakh votes was manipulated. Abhishek Banerjee said, ‘I challenge the Election Commission to release the CCTV footage of the counting centre. Especially the footage for 6 hours after 12 o’clock. If there is a mandate then you make it (CCTV footage) public. We will bow our heads and accept the mandate given by the people. There will be a discussion in the party and in the coming days we will form a fact finding committee.

We are being tortured: Abhishek Banerjee

TMC general secretary Abhishek Banerjee said, ‘We are being tortured. All Trinamool soldiers stay strong, the party stands firmly with you. A fact finding committee of 12 members has been formed. Three separate teams have been formed and our tour will begin the day after tomorrow.

He said, ‘There is no question of constitutional crisis. Every person has the right to protest. They thought this was my protest. Apart from this, the rest is up to the Central Government or the Competent Authority has the right to decide. Everyone has the right to protest.

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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has lost the election from Bhawanipur seat of West Bengal. BJP’s Subhendu Adhikari defeated CM Mamata by a margin of 15,105 votes. This is the second time that he had to face defeat at the hands of Shubhendu Adhikari. With the election results, this seat has once again come into the center of state politics. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has been an MLA from this seat. After winning the elections, Shubhendu said that it was necessary to defeat Mamata Banerjee.

‘Muslims chose Mamata, Hindus made me win’

BJP’s Subhendu Adhikari shows his victory certificate after securing a massive victory against West Bengal CM and TMC candidate Mamata Banerjee in Bhawanipur assembly seat. He said, ‘It was very important to defeat Mamata Banerjee. This is Mamata Banerjee’s retirement from politics. This time too she lost by more than 15,000 votes. Muslims voted for him wholeheartedly. In ward number 77, all the Muslims who came to vote voted for Mamata. Hindus, Sikhs, Jains and Buddhists blessed me and made me win. This victory is the victory of Hindutva.

Strong CPM supporters voted for me: Shubhendu Adhikari

He said, ‘All the strong supporters of CPM voted for me. CPM had 13,000 votes in Bhawanipur and I got at least 10,000 of them. I also thank the CPM voters there. All Bengali Hindus voted for me wholeheartedly. Along with them, Gujaratis, Jains, Marwaris, Purvanchalis and Sikh community also voted for me wholeheartedly.

Shubhendu Adhikari said, ‘Union Home Minister Amit Shah called me two-three times. He also expressed some concern about Bhawanipur. I told him some time ago. I haven’t talked to anyone else. I was not allowed to use the phone. I’m going to tell them right now. He is waiting. I also have to get Nandigram certificate.

BJP made a dent in TMC’s stronghold

Bhawanipur seat has been a TMC stronghold for a long time. If we look at Mamata Banerjee’s defeat in this election, it is somewhat like the 2021 assembly election results. Even in the 2021 assembly elections, Mamata Banerjee had to face defeat from Nandigram seat. Mamata Banerjee was defeated by Subhendu Adhikari from here. For Mamata Banerjee, the defeat at the hands of Shubhendu was also big because at one time Adhikari was among Mamata Banerjee’s special associates. Then, whether it was the Nandigram movement or the political rise of Mamata Banerjee through the movement in Singur, but time passed and Shubhendu Adhikari parted ways with Mamata Banerjee and joined the BJP.

Mamata Banerjee’s defeat in two consecutive elections

The special thing is that in two consecutive elections, TMC supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had to face defeat at the hands of Shubhendu Adhikari. After the defeat in Nandigram in 2021, Mamata Banerjee moved to Bhawanipur and held the reins of power by winning the by-election here. In this election, once again Shubhendu Adhikari announced his candidature from Bhawanipur along with Nandigram. Even before the election results, BJP leaders were continuously claiming that they would win from Bhawanipur and their claim turned into reality late in the evening of 4th May.

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