If Mamata loses the bypoll, she would be the solely third such in historical past to take action. And issues usually are not trying good

The essential by-poll election for Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to stay because the CM of the state is to be held on September 30 and, the counting of votes will likely be on October 3. Keeping in thoughts the post-poll violence within the state, issues don’t appear to be in her favour, Mamata may simply be the third CM in historical past to lose the by-poll.(Source: TFI submit) Read extra: Is Mamata Banerjee afraid of contesting from the Nandigram seat after Suvendu Adhikari’s problem?Source: TFI PublishThe Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday introduced the by-poll in West Bengal’s Bhabinipur Assembly constituency. The seat has been vacant since May 21, after Banerjee’s TMC occasion chief MLA Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay resigned from the seat. As per the rule, Mamata Banerjee should develop into an MLA inside six months after the formation of the federal government. According to Article 164 of the structure, “a minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of the Legislature of the State shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a Minister.”In the 2021 West Bengal meeting election,  Banerjee misplaced the Nandigram seat to BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari. She was defeated by nearly 2,000 votes, the results of which has been challenged within the Calcutta High Court. Mamata Banerjee has requested for Adhikari’s election to be declared void on three grounds – fee of corrupt practices, searching for of votes on foundation of faith, and sales space seize. She has additionally questioned the Election Commission’s choice to reject her plea for a recount. As reported by TFI earlier, Bhawanipur constitutes greater than 70 per cent of the non-Bengalis and a majority of the Gujarati inhabitants who don’t appear to see her as their consultant however Mamata has a tough time accepting this reality. This just isn’t the primary time within the latest previous {that a} sitting CM has misplaced the election and the occasion has gone on to kind the federal government.Read extra: Mamata has given Nandigram to Suvendu Adhikari on a golden platterThe Bengal authorities has insisted its by-polls be held, submitted that the pandemic is underneath management in West Bengal and elections ought to be carried out. The authorities’s push for the by-polls has been criticised by the BJP; final month state BJP chief Dilip Ghosh requested Mamata why she was “in such a hurry”.However, by-polls in 31 different constituencies in Maharashtra, Telangana and some northeastern states have been delayed amidst the Covid state of affairs. “After taking into consideration the inputs and views of Chief Secretaries of the concerned states, and the respective Chief Electoral Officers, the Commission has decided not to hold by-polls in other 31 Assembly constituencies and 3 Parliamentary constituencies,” the Commission added.In 1970, former Uttar Pradesh CM Tribhuvan Narayan Singh had misplaced by-poll and needed to subsequently resign. Back in 2009, Jharkhand CM Shibu Soren too misplaced in a by-poll, maybe the second time an incumbent CM has misplaced in a by-poll. Soren’s defeat had resulted within the imposition of President’s Rule within the state.Read extra: Good loser, unhealthy loser and Mamata: the witchhunt towards Suvendu Adhikari by Mamata govt is nauseatingMamata Banerjee’s loss in Nandigram to her former protégé-turned-BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari, whereas her occasion received a landslide victory within the state, might be the most important anti-climax on this spherical of Assembly polls. In such a state of affairs, the query arises; whether or not Mamta will repeat historical past like Tribhuvan Narayan Singh or Shibu Soren, who misplaced the by-poll election whereas nonetheless being the Chief Minister. Moreover, with the continued CBI investigation, the injuries of post-poll violence within the state are nonetheless recent, individuals of West Bengal noticed Mamata’s darkish aspect and are but not over it. After shedding to Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram, there’s a excessive risk that Mamata Banerjee may simply develop into the third CM in historical past to lose the by-polls.