MAMATA TO TAKE OATH ON MAY 5 AS BENGAL SEES VIOLENCE DAY AFTER RESULTS
KOLKATA: Mamata Banerjee will be sworn in as the chief minister of West Bengal for the third time on May 5, the TMC announced on Monday, a day after the regional party won a thumping majority in the assembly polls.
The newly-elected MLAs of the Trinamool Congress unanimously elected Banerjee as the legislative party leader at a meeting in Kolkata, its secretary-general Partha Chatterjee said. The TMC legislators elected the speaker in the outgoing House, Biman Banerjee, as the pro-tem speaker in the new Assembly.
“The newly elected members will take oath in the assembly from May 6,” Chatterjee said.
Meanwhile, post poll clashes erupted in many places across the state since Sunday, prompting governor Jagdeep Dhankhar to summon the state’s DGP at Raj Bhavan on Monday and chief minister Mamata Banerjee urging people to maintain peace.
The BJP alleged that at least five party workers and supporters were killed since Sunday and a few hundred party offices and houses of BJP workers were ransacked across the state.
KOLKATA: Mamata Banerjee will be sworn in as the chief minister of West Bengal for the third time on May 5, her party announced on Monday.
The newly-elected MLAs of the Trinamool Congress unanimously elected Banerjee as the legislative party leader at a meeting here, its secretary-general Partha Chatterjee said.
The TMC legislators elected the speaker in the outgoing House, Biman Banerjee, as the pro-tem speaker in the new Assembly.
“The newly-elected members will take oath in the Assembly from May 6,” Chatterjee told reporters at the party headquarters here after the meeting of the legislators.
Meanwhile, after her defeat in Nandigram, Mamata on Monday alleged that the returning officer of the assembly seat had said that he was threatened against recounting of votes.
Briefing the mediapersons, Mamata said, “I received an SMS from someone wherein Returning Officer of Nandigram has written to someone if he allows recounting then his life would be under threat. For four hours the server was down. Governor also congratulated me. Suddenly everything changed. I will move court.”
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Sunday wrote to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal seeking “immediate re-counting of votes and postal ballots” in Nandigram constituency.A three-member TMC delegation met the CEO at the Election Commission Office in Kolkata regarding the matter.
”Certain preposterous and illegal incidents have happened today while the counting of votes was taking place in Nandigram AC 210. The candidate Mamata Banerjee had sought for recounting of votes before the Returning
Officer, Nandigram AC, but such recounting has been refused for reasons unknown. Such refusal is bad in law and coloured. We demand an immediate recounting of Nandigram AC 210 to preserve the sanctity of the electoral process,” the TMC had said in a letter to the CEO.
Asked about the report of the post-poll attack at BJP offices, she said, “They (BJP) are posting photographs of old riots, it is their habit. I do not like any violence. Why BJP is doing that? Even after winning with a thumping majority, we did not do any kind of celebration.”
She further urged to people to maintain peace and not indulge in any violence, and fight against COVID-19. “I appeal to everyone to maintain peace and not indulge in any violence. We know BJP and Central Forces have tortured us a lot but we have to maintain peace. At present, we have fight COVID-19.”
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari defeated the Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo Mamata Banerjee from the Nandigram constituency. Adhikari, who was once a close aide of Banerjee, joined the BJP just a few months ahead of the state assembly elections.