Mamata Banerjee moves Calcutta HC challenging Assembly election results in Bhabanipur

Kolkata, June 16 (IANS) Former Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday moved the Calcutta High Court, challenging the Assembly election results of the Bhabanipur constituency.

She reached the High Court unexpectedly on Tuesday afternoon and filed an election petition, challenging the victory of Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari in the Bhabanipur seat.

This is the second time Mamata has gone to the High Court after the Trinamool’s electoral debacle.

Mamata Banerjee had earlier visited the High Court on May 14. She had gone there to personally argue in a case of post-poll violence. That time, the former Chief Minister had to face protests from a section of lawyers who had raised slogans of ‘thief’ against her.

Almost a month after that incident, Mamata Banerjee again appeared in the High Court on Tuesday. She was accompanied by Trinamool MLA Kunal Ghosh and party leader Dola Sen. However, she was present at the High Court for a brief time and left after filing the petition.

Many people present at the High Court grew curious when the Trinamool leader suddenly arrived. Later, one of Mamata’s lawyers said that the Trinamool leader has filed an election petition regarding the Bhabanipur election results. It is learned that she had filed an affidavit regarding that issue.

In this year’s Assembly elections, Mamata Banerjee was defeated by Suvendu Adhikari in Bhabanipur. Suvendu became the new Chief Minister of the state by defeating the then Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, by more than 15,000 votes.

This time, Mamata filed an affidavit in the High Court challenging the election results. It is worth noting that Suvendu Adhikari had defeated Mamata Banerjee from Nandigram constituency in the 2021 Assembly elections as well.

That time too, Mamata Banerjee had filed an election petition challenging the election results. The 2021 Nandigram case is still pending. This time, Mamata approached the court to challenge the 2026 Bhabanipur results.

–IANS

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