Kolkata, May 18: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee, reacting to the Panchayat election results on Thursday evening, said that despite the tie-up between the opposition parties in some places, including with the Maoists, “The Trinamool has won 90 per cent of the seats where elections were held."
"This shows how strong we are at the grassroot level," she said. “We had candidates in many seats that were uncontested. But the Supreme Court will decide on that. In today’s results that include the repolling in about 600 booths which, keep in mind, has not happened before, there has been a contest where the CPI(M), Congress, BJP and Maoists have contested together. Even then, Trinamool
has won in 90 per cent seats," Ms Banerjee said.
The TMC supremo said, “There has been violence and some incidents have taken place. But Bengal panchayat elections are very political. It has been so from early Left Front rule. We wanted peaceful polling, but incidents took place on both sides.
It must be remembered that 10 Trinamool workers have also died. However, a lot of disrespect has been shown, and remarks made that are unconstitutional. We have kept quiet."
“Jharkhand, a BJP state, borders Bankura, Purulia and Jhargram; Bangladesh borders Murshidabad, Malda…why did BSF interfere? Voting had to be stopped.
Lots of money has come in, from Assam, from Jharkhand. All this will end democracy in the country. The Tripura poll opened our eyes,"Ms Banerjee alleged.
“The opposition said filing nominations were prevented. But over 28,000 opposition candidates had filed. Then why all these lies? Whenever an incident happened, action was taken. It is very sad for those who have died. Will look after the shahid families, whichever party they are from," she said.
The chief minister said, "The presiding officer (in Raiganj booth) left early saying he had a headache. The rail engine driver said his train knocked down a person at the spot where his body was found. The CID is probing. But why so many accusations? If there was no democracy, then voting would not have taken place in so many seats."
“The BJP-Congress tie-up lost in Murshidabad. It was expected. They will go to any extent. Can you believe that the Maoists are working with the BJP? Lots of injustice has taken place. We want peace. For those who lost, I will say we will work together,” she said.
The TMC supremo said said monetary help will be provided to the families of those who lost their lives “in whatever way we can”. On Karnataka horsetrading, Ms Banerjee said, “I will not complain against the BJP or for a particular situation. In general, it is bad. Goa, Manipur, now Karnataka
is going that way. Please do not violate the Constitution. Why did the Governor not call Kumaraswamy even after he produced the list of 116 MLAs? This is a constitutional crisis."
" The Governor cannot decide on the basis of political choice. Democracy must be protected. I spoke with Mayawatiji and Chandrababu Naidu on this.I appeal to the President – please guide the country, she said. “There may be differences between political parties. But we must work for the nation. If regional parties come together, I will be the happiest for that,” the TMC supremo concluded. UNI
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