As the Trinamool Congress (TMC) gears up to retain power in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) for the third time in a row – Leader of Opposition (LOP) Suvendu Adhikari accused the State Election Commission (SEC) of creating an “atmosphere of fear”. . ”, which helped the ruling party to secure 134 wards out of 144.
In a series of tweets, the official hinted at TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee saying, “Congratulations @CEOWestBengal Saurav Das for making the prediction of the royal nephew of Bengal come true. Important steps taken by you like EVM without VVPAT, CCTV without connection and last but not the least; Creating an atmosphere of fear with the help of @KolkataPolice.
Further attacking SEC Saurav Das, the official tweeted, “TMC – 134, BJP – 3, Left – 2, Congress – 2 and others – 3. Also congratulations in advance for the ‘Banga Vibhushan’ award that will bring you all. Will get for it. Hard work.”
Counting of votes for 144 wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) began at 8 am.
According to the data, the CPI(M) came second against the BJP in terms of polling percentage. TMC got 71.95% votes, while CPI(M), BJP and Congress got only 11%, 8.94% and 4.47% votes.
With the thumping victory, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that the BJP sided with the Congress and the CPI(M). “Bhokatta (kite separated by strings after kite fight) by BJP, CPI(M) by people ‘no patta’ (no longer getting attention) and Congress is a sandwich between Left and BJP.
BJP candidate Meena Devi Purohit, who won from ward no 22 (Jorasanko assembly constituency) in the KMC election, said, “I won my ward by over 1,500 votes. I would like to express my gratitude to the people of my area for supporting me. I am a councilor here for the sixth time in ward no 22 and in my entire tenure I have worked round the clock for the people. That is why they have decided to choose me once again.”
“The Election Commission has failed to ensure free and fair polling and that is why we could not bring it down to a significant figure in the KMC elections,” he said.
Another BJP candidate Vijay Ojha, who won from Ward 23 (his third consecutive victory from the same ward), said, “BJP would have got more seats if the elections were conducted in a fair manner by the State Election Commission. The Election Commission worked in favor of the ruling TMC.
The KMC is divided into 144 administrative wards, which are divided into 16 towns.
In 2015, the TMC had won 114 seats out of the total 144 wards under the KMC. The Left parties won 15 seats, while the BJP and Congress won seven and five seats.
During the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, when political experts were busy analyzing the performance of various political parties in Bengal—especially the BJP and TMC—the saffron camp researchers had a reason to be happy as the voting pattern suggested that the South And in North Kolkata, the BJP took the lead. It is worth mentioning that in about 26 wards, it also includes ward number 82 of Chetla which belongs to Mayor Firhad Hakim.
However, this time, after its stellar performance in the recently held assembly elections, the TMC restricted all opposition parties to a single digit in the Kolkata civic polls.
State BJP president Sukanta Majumdar accused the ruling TMC of winning the KMC elections through unfair means.
Addressing a press conference, Majumdar said, “We have seen how the Left Front ruled the state in undemocratic ways. Now TMC is also doing the same thing. There is no democracy in the state. There is a saying – Mamata Banerjee is a brilliant student of CPI(M) and she has proved this by following in their footsteps.
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