Jul 14, 2024 02:07 AM IST
The Trinamool Congress swept the meeting bypolls in West Bengal, wresting three seats from the BJP- Raiganj, Bagda, and Ranaghat Dakshin
The Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP) on Saturday accused the ruling Trinamool Congress of electoral fraud after the ruling party in West Bengal received all 4 meeting seats that went to bypolls on July 10.
“The best way the outcomes have come, BJP has bought three votes in some cubicles, and 4 votes in some cubicles, that is fraud within the identify of votes…We have now complained to the Election Fee earlier additionally however there was no listening to,” Union minister and West Bengal BJP chief Sukanta Majumdar instructed ANI.
West Bengal BJP spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya too echoed the feelings of the state social gathering unit chief. “We are going to assessment our efficiency. However the TMC didn’t permit free and honest elections and there have been numerous irregularities. The ruling social gathering had unleashed a reign of terror,” BJP state spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya was quoted by ANI as saying.
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The Trinamool Congress swept the meeting bypolls, wresting three seats from the BJP- Raiganj, Bagda, and Ranaghat Dakshin. The Mamata Banerjee-led social gathering received Maniktala constituency by an enormous margin of over 62,000 votes.
The BJP secured the second place in all 4 seats, whereas the Left-Congress alliance completed a distant third and misplaced deposits in two meeting segments.
The bypolls have been a litmus take a look at for the BJP, whose seat tally within the Lok Sabha elections dropped from 18 in 2019 to 12 this time. The saffron camp has 71 seats within the 294-member West Bengal meeting, down from 77 within the 2021 elections.
The Trinamool Congress tally stands at 215 within the 294-member meeting. It additionally enjoys the help of three BJP MLAs, who converted to the ruling social gathering however are but to resign from the Home.
“The pattern could be very clear, even earlier mandate (of Lok Sabha elections) was not in favour of NDA,” West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee was quoted by PTI as saying after the bypoll outcomes.
(With PTI, ANI inputs)