The Election Commission kept the result for Rajarhat New Town Assembly Constituency deliberately pending until 3PM today.
After the initial rounds showed our candidate leading, @ECISVEEP arbitrarily ordered a recount, and today, after our counting agents were shooed out the previous night to make way for BJP's rigging, BJP was declared the winner by a margin of just 316 votes.
Shri @abhishekaitc has issued a simple, specific and unavoidable challenge to the ECI to release the CCTV footage for just four hours, between 8PM and midnight. If everything was above board, there is no reason to hesitate.
Release the footage. Let the public see.
TMC head and former West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee told Calcutta HC that there had been large scale violence after recently conducted assembly polls in State, including bulldozer action and that the Police was not permitting FIRs to be lodged.
Read more: https://t.co/GfZdTpob1m
#Breaking: #TMC supremo #MamataBanerjee reaches Calcutta HC in advocate’s gown to argue in a matter of post poll violence alleging attack on TMC workers & party offices.
Our winning candidate from Maheshtala Assembly Constituency, Shri Subhasis Das, and Maheshtala Municipality Chairman, Shri Dulal Das, along with workers of Trinamool Congress, have submitted a deputation at Maheshtala Police Station against BJP-backed hooligans for forcefully capturing our party office.
Not only that, BJP miscreants have assaulted our workers and driven several of them out of their homes through intimidation and violence.
We STRONGLY CONDEMN such disgraceful acts of hooliganism and DEMAND strict action against all those involved.
Smt. @MamataOfficial expressed her heartfelt gratitude to all INDIA Bloc parties and their leadership for the solidarity and support they have shown in this hour.
She gave her word that Trinamool Congress will bounce back and fight this battle with renewed strength, vigour and purpose. They have not seen the last of us. Not by a long shot.
#WATCH | Kolkata, West Bengal: After the meeting with TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, TMC MP Satabdi Roy says, "The police will have to ensure that those whose houses, offices and shops were demolished are brought back home safely."
Kalyan Banerjee has been appointed as the new Chief Whip of the AITC Party in the Lok Sabha. Former West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee made the announcement in an internal meeting today at her residence in Kolkata's Kalighat.
(Source: AITC)
All India Trinamool Congress has unanimously decided that the following members shall hold the respective positions in the 18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly:
1. Leader of Opposition:
Shri Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay
2. Deputy Leaders of Opposition:
Smt. Asima Patra and Smt. Nayna
Bandyopadhyay
3. Chief Whip: Shri Firhad Hakim
We congratulate the leaders and wish them success in working with commitment for the interest of people of Bengal.
#WATCH | Kolkata, West Bengal: After the meeting with TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, TMC MP Saayoni Ghosh says, "We have not lost, but Mamata Banerjee has been defeated. Mamata Banerjee has been defeated by stealing votes, by looting votes. In 2029, the people of Bengal, the people of the entire country, and in 2031, the mothers, land, and people of West Bengal will give a befitting reply..."
Today at the Calcutta High Court, Mamata Banerjee once again proved why she remains the strongest voice standing with the people of Bengal.
At a time when Bengal continues to witness post-poll violence and intimidation allegedly backed by BJP leaders and workers, she chose not to stay silent. She personally appeared to fight for justice, constitutional values, and the safety of ordinary citizens.
This is what separates Mamata Banerjee from the politics of hate and fear.
She does not abandon Bengal in difficult times.
She does not bow down before intimidation.
And she never stops fighting for truth, democracy, and humanity.
From raising her voice against SIR to standing firmly against BJP’s divisive politics, she continues to lead with courage, compassion, and conviction.
There is truly no leader like Mamata Banerjee in Indian politics today.
#MamataBanerjee #Bengal #CalcuttaHighCourt
This election was never a direct political contest between Trinamool Congress and BJP.
This was a battle against a villainous, compromised Election Commission that has scripted a black day for Indian democracy. This was a battle against the entire might of the State Machinery, headed by Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, bent, warped and weaponised to hand BJP an ill-gotten victory through arbitrary transfers and appointment of BJP stooges in every key position of authority.
This was a battle against Central Forces deployed by the lakhs not as peacekeepers but as BJP's boots on the ground, conducting raids, terrorising voters, and dismantling any possibility of free and fair elections. This was a battle against industrial-scale electoral fraud, from the SIR exercise that deleted lakhs of genuine voters, to the brazen tampering of EVMs and CCTVs.
They did not defeat Trinamool Congress. They defeated democracy itself. And that is not a victory anyone should be proud of. It is a crime that history will not forget.
VIDEO | Kolkata: On the former West Bengal CM arguing a case in the Calcutta High Court, TMC MP Kalyan Banerjee says, "Mamata has been a Bar Council member since 1985."
(Full video available on PTI Videos - https://t.co/n147TvrpG7)
রাজনৈতিক পরিচয়ের কারণে উৎখাত করা যাবে না’, মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের ভোট-পরবর্তী সন্ত্রাসের মামলায় হাই কোর্টের নির্দেশ
রাজ্যে ভোট-পরবর্তী হিংসা নিয়ে তৃণমূলনেত্রী মমতা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়ের দায়ের করা মামলা নিয়ে নির্দেশ দিল কলকাতা হাই কোর্ট। প্রধান বিচারপতি সুজয় পালের বেঞ্চ পুলিশকে নির্দেশ দিয়েছে, কঠোর ভাবে আইন-শৃঙ্খলা বজায় রাখতে হবে। কোনও নাগরিককে রাজনৈতিক পরিচয়ের কারণে বাড়ি বা দোকান থেকে তাড়ানো হলে তাঁকে নিরাপদে ফিরিয়ে দিতে হবে। সাধারণ মানু��ের নিরাপত্তা নিশ্চিত করতে হবে।
#KolkataHighCourt #MamataBanerjee #PostPollViolence #WestBengal #TMCS
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1990 থেকে সাংবাদিক হিসেবে বিধানসভায়; আর আগামীকাল বিধায়ক হিসেবে শপথ। এক অন্য যাত্রাপথ। নেত্রীকে ধন্যবাদ। বেলেঘাটার মানুষকে ধন্যবাদ। আপনার, আপনাদের আশীর্বাদ, শুভেচ্ছা চাই।