Without EC’s ballot rigging, BJP wouldn’t have crossed 30 seats: Mamata Banerjee

Continuing her assault on the Election Commission, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday alleged if the ballot panel had not rigged the Assembly election, the BJP would have been lowered to fewer than 30 seats. She demanded “immediate” electoral reforms to guard the “democratic fabric” of the nation.
In her maiden speech to the brand new Assembly, Banerjee mentioned, “I can challenge that had the Election Commission not helped them (BJP) directly, they would not have won even 30 seats. In this election, vote rigging took place in some places under the watch of the poll panel. There should be electoral reforms made immediately, else the democratic fabric of the country will be jeopardised.”
In a landslide victory, the TMC has received 213 seats of 292 seats that went to polls whereas its chief rival, BJP, might handle 77 seats.
The TMC chief as soon as once more warned BJP leaders to cease spreading faux information associated to the post-poll violence through which a number of BJP employees had been killed. The TMC mentioned its employees had been additionally killed. Banerjee claimed that “99 per cent of the videos are fake and irrelevant.”
“For the last six months, they have not done anything but pushed the country to the brink of destruction. They had only one target and that was to capture Bengal. Now, they (BJP) cannot accept the mandate of the common people. So they are trying to incite violence in the state and are posting fake videos,” she mentioned.
Banerjee mentioned that police had been requested to take stern motion in opposition to these dividing individuals on communal strains.
She blamed the BJP for the second of coronavirus within the state and nation. “To set up a double-engine government in Bengal, they pushed India to the threshold of Covid-19 destruction. In the last six months, the Central government did no work but came to Bengal everyday to capture it.”
The BJP had earlier boycotted the primary day of the Assembly session in protest in opposition to in opposition to the post-poll clashes and the state authorities’s alleged inaction to regulate it. Referring to the boycott, the chief minister mentioned, “People boycotted them (BJP)… Now, they are boycotting the Assembly.”

Banerjee re-iterated her demand of “universal vaccination” and mentioned, “Vaccination should be the priority of the Central government. The government is spending Rs 50,000 crore for a new Parliament building. Instead of that, they should roll out a universal vaccination programme. To vaccinate 1.40 crore of people, the Centre needs only Rs 30,000 crore, which is not very big amount for them.”
Thanking the individuals of the state for her social gathering’s resounding ballot victory, she mentioned, “My head is bowed in respect of the ‘Maa, Mati and Manush’ of this state. No government has ever come to power with such a huge mandate. On an average, a Trianmool MLA has won by over 31,000 votes. No other Assembly has this kind of record. This is a miracle…”

Biman elected as Speaker for the third time
TMC chief Biman Banerjee was on Saturday unanimously elected because the Speaker of the West Bengal Assembly for the third consecutive time period. His title was cleared with voice vote. However, the BJP boycotted the Assembly accusing the state authorities of not taking any motion in opposition to the “incidents of violence” following the elections. Only ISF MLA Naushad Siddiqui was current from the Opposition camp. After taking oath, Banerjee mentioned, “We all came here from different walks of life, which will add colour to the Assembly. I hope we will maintain the dignity of the Assembly.”