TMC inches in direction of large victory in Bengal civic polls

By PTI

KOLKATA: Ruling Trinamool Congress inched in direction of an enormous victory within the West Bengal civic elections, because it received 13 of the 107 municipalities and was main in 40 different our bodies, an SEC official mentioned on Wednesday.

The ruling celebration within the state bagged Kanthi Municipality, the bastion of Leader of Opposition and Nandigram’s BJP MLA Suvendu Adhikari, whereas Hamro Party, a brand new entrant in hill politics, trounced TMC, GJM and BJP to win Darjeeling Municipality.

BJP, Left Front and the Congress are but to win a civic physique, though the events have received a number of wards in some cities.

“The TMC has already won 13 municipalities and is leading in 40 others,” the State Election Commission (SEC) official mentioned.

The celebration has bagged all civic our bodies in Birbhum district, and 5 in Coochbehar, two in South 24 Parganas and one in Purba Medinipur.

Suvendu Adhikari and his household confronted an enormous setback because the TMC snatched Kanthi Municipality, thought-about the Adhikari household’s yard for the final 4 many years.

The LoP’s father Sisir Adhikari was the municipality’s chairman for 25 years from 1971-2009, aside from 5 years from 1981-86.

After changing into an MP, he handed over the baton to his youthful son Dibyendu Adhikari. After Dibyendu Adhikari grew to become an MP in a by-election in 2016, his youthful brother Soumendu took over the publish.

Hamro Party (our celebration), a brand new outfit floated by Ajoy Edwards, a former GNLF chief and a preferred restaurateur in Darjeeling, bagged the municipality within the hill city by defeating conventional powers Gorkha Janmukti Morcha, BJP and TMC.

Elections had been scheduled in 108 municipalities, however the TMC received Dinhata Municipality in Coochbehar district uncontested a number of days again.

Widespread violence, rigging and clashes with the police had been reported from varied components of West Bengal from the north to the south in some of the in depth electoral workouts within the state for the reason that meeting polls final 12 months.

BJP dubbed the ballot course of as a “mockery of democracy” and known as for a 12-hour shutdown on Monday to protest the violence.

The TMC rubbished the allegations as baseless and mentioned that opposition events are looking for excuses sensing defeat.