West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday evening alleged “looting and cheating” in the counting process in Nandigram, where she contested against Bharatiya Janata Party candidate and Trinamool Congress turncoat Suvendu Adhikari.
The Trinamool Congress is set to come back for a third term with a clear majority with 213 seats, while the BJP was leading in 77.
The chief minister accused the Election Commission of functioning like a spokesperson of the BJP and said that the Trinamool Congress will take legal recourse on the counting process in Nandigram.
“They [Election Commission] stopped surveillance…They announced the winning [candidate] and after that they are saying something,” Banerjee said, at a press briefing. “Some looting is going on, some cheating is going on. We will file a court case.”
The confusion on Nandigram seat emerged after it was reported around 4.30 pm that Banerjee had won the seat by a margin of 1,200 votes.
West Bengal CM Mamata…