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Mamata Banerjee alleged that BJP workers threatened TMC voters in Nandigram.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has raised questions over the Election Commission and accused it of working to help the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal where second phase voting was held on Thursday.Â
Mamata, who visited several polling booths in Nandigram, claimed that BJP influenced the voting by threatening TMC voters. The Trinamool Congress chief said that the Election Commission was overlooking cheating being committed by the BJP. I am going to win in Nandigram, but I am worried about democracy. They are influencing voting using the central forces, Mamata said. Whatever you (Election Commission) try, BJP will not win. In Nandigram, 90% of the votes will to TMC, she added.
Nandigram, Ground Zero
This is where Mamata, in 2007, went right into the eye of the storm and mastered the furies. She returns again for a rematch against a renegade satrap. With The Goddesses Photograph by PTI outlookindia.com 2021-03-19T13:36:51+05:30
On March 9, the day Mamata Banerjee started her campaign in Nandigram, she banked on memories of the anti-displacement struggle that she led during 2007-08. In a rally, she reminded people how she visited interior areas on a bike, evading the police and CPI(M) cadres, how she linked the movements in Singur and Nandigram and how Hindus and Muslims united to stall the government’s attempt to take over farmland for a chemical hub. A recounting was necessary, for since coming to power in 2011, Mamata’s connections with Nandigram has largely been through Suvendu Adhikari, its outgoing MLA, now her adversary.