Difficulties arose for Mamata, BJP made Suvendu Adhikari the Leader of Opposition within the Legislative Assembly

Suvendu Adhikari has been elected Leader of the Opposition within the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, whereas former Legislature Party chief Manoj Tigga has been elected Deputy Leader. Suvendu Adhikari defeated Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from Nandigram seat by 1,956 votes within the meeting elections. The announcement was made on Monday within the presence of central observer Ravi Shankar Prasad, basic secretary Bhupendra Yadav, basic secretary Kailash Vijayvargiya and state BJP president Dilip Ghosh.

In a gathering held on the BJP workplace on Monday, BJP National Vice President Mukul Roy proposed the identify of Suvendu Adhikari. 22 MLAs supported his identify. Later Ravi Shankar Prasad mentioned that Suvendu Adhikari is just not solely the chief of the legislative celebration, however may also be the chief of the opposition within the meeting. Its constitutional course of can be accomplished.TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee has suffered one other main setback after her defeat in Nandigram seat in West Bengal.

His demand for a second rely of votes has been rejected after an in depth battle along with his former colleague Suvendu Adhikari. The Election Commission has mentioned that the choice of the Returning Officer is remaining and might be challenged solely within the High Court. Meanwhile, the officer staying in Nandigram has been offered safety. The Election Commission has additionally dismissed allegations of disturbances within the counting of votes by Mamata Banerjee. The Commission has said that there was a Micro Observer in any respect counting tables they usually haven’t given any indication of any disturbance of their reviews. After all rounds, the RO entered the variety of votes all candidates had acquired and was displayed on the show board, which the counting brokers might simply see. No one had expressed any doubt throughout your complete counting course of and your complete course of went on with none hindrance. After each spherical, a replica of the end result was being given to all of the brokers.