Begin typing your search above and press return to search.
proflie-avatar
Login
exit_to_app
Democracy that banks on the electorate
access_time 28 March 2024 5:34 AM GMT
Lessons to learn from Moscow terror attack
access_time 27 March 2024 6:10 AM GMT
Gaza
access_time 26 March 2024 4:34 AM GMT
The poison is not in words, but inside
access_time 25 March 2024 5:42 AM GMT
A witchhunt, plain and simple
access_time 23 March 2024 9:35 AM GMT
DEEP READ
Schools breeding hatred
access_time 14 Sep 2023 10:37 AM GMT
Ukraine
access_time 16 Aug 2023 5:46 AM GMT
Ramadan: Its essence and lessons
access_time 13 March 2024 9:24 AM GMT
When ‘Jai Sree Ram’ becomes a death call
access_time 15 Feb 2024 9:54 AM GMT
exit_to_app
Homechevron_rightIndiachevron_rightCalcutta HC issues...

Calcutta HC issues notice to EC, Adhikari on Nandigram polls

text_fields
bookmark_border
Adhikary vs Mamata
cancel
camera_alt

BJP Leader Subhendu Adhikary(left) and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banergee (right)

Justice Shampa Sarkar of the Calcutta High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to Suvendu Adhikari asking the BJP MLA elected from Nandigram, where he contested against CM Mamata Banerjee, to preserve the records and papers relating to the elections. The court also served a copy of the order to the Election Commission of India and the Returning Officer.

"Let notice be issued. The matter is made returnable on August 12, 2021. Pending the decision of the case, all documents, election papers, devices, video recordings etc., connected with the election which is under challenge before this court shall be preserved by the concerned authority," the order stated. Sarkar took over the case after the recusal of Justice Kaushik Chanda. Banerjee had objected to Chanda for his association with the BJP when he was a lawyer.

In the recent assembly elections, Suvendu Adhikari defeated Mamata Banerjee by about 2000 votes from Nandigram. Though Banerjee approached the Election Commission for a recount, they denied it. She then challenged the results in court, seeking that Adhikari's election be declared void. She also alleged corrupt practices including bribery, promotion of hatred and enmity, seeking votes based on religion, booth capture, and discrepancies in the counting procedure.

Show Full Article
TAGS:Mamata banerjeeNandigram
Next Story