Although TrinamoolCongress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee has won the West Bengal AssemblyElections for the third consecutive time, she failed to win in the constituency(Nandigram) where she was contesting.
From Nandigram,Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Suvendhu Adhikari, a former aide of TMC,was declared as winning face against Mamata Banerjee by the returning officer.
It may be noted here,people’s eyes were more on to know who will win the Nandigram battle than the entire West Bengal as it was the much-heated seat.
The results of WestBengal Assembly Elections 2021 were declared on May 2 in which TMC has swept inagain in WB and has given a harsh failure to the national ruling party.However, during vote counting, Mamata was trailing in Nandigram till 11thround, in the other few rounds, she gained votes, and for once the ReturningOfficer declared her as the winner. The twist of the fate was such that a fewhours later, she was informed that she lost the battle of Nandigram to SuvendhuAdhikar by a little over 1,700 votes.
Later, TMC called forthe recounting and alleged ‘tampering and mismanagement of numbers from theEVMs.’ However, TMC’s demand was quashed by the Returning Officer who laterinformed someone that recounting might have put his life in danger.
The truth behind thedismissal of the recounting request was exposed by Mamata Banerjee herself in conversationwith the press reporters.
She further unveiledthat the Returning officer of Nandigram had told someone about the fear andanother person sent an SMS to Mamata Banerjee, which she read aloud.
"I received anSMS from someone wherein Returning Officer of Nandigram has written to someoneif he allows recounting then his life would be under threat. I can't order a recount. My family will be ruined. I have a little daughter...," Banerjeeread from her phone.
She further allegedthat the servers were down for some four hours. “The Governor congratulated me.Suddenly everything changed,” Mamata said.