People of Bhabanipur gave befitting reply to conspiracy that was hatched in Nandigram: Mamata Banerjee

 

In a must-win bypoll, Trinamool Congress leader Mamta Banerjee on Sunday secured her seat as West Bengal chief minister after defeating her nearest rival with a record margin of 58,832 votes.

Banerjee, the TMC candidate for the Bhabanipur seat in south Kolkata, secured 84,709 votes. Her nearest rival, BJP”s Priyanka Tibrewal, secured 26,320 votes, while Srijib Biswas of the CPI(M) secured 4201 votes.

Although Banerjee claimed victory in a press conference outside her residence, the EC is yet to officially announce the results as they are yet to compile the votes secured through postal ballots.

Thanking the people of Bhabanipur and West Bengal for the election result, Mamata said that people of Bhabanipur gave a befitting reply to the conspiracy that was hatched in Nandigram.

“I want to thank the people of Bhabanipur, West Bengal and West Bengal, who were waiting for these results. The people of Bhabanipur have given a befitting reply to the conspiracy that was hatched to defeat me in Nandigram. I don’t want to say much on a sub-judice matter. The counting is over, and we have won the seat by a margin of 58832 votes,” she said.