No celebrations… have to start work on COVID: Mamata Banerjee after winning Bengal
- CM Mamata Banerjee said she was "grateful to the people" for TMC's "landslide victory"
- She said the swearing-in will be a low-key event due to the prevailing COVID-19 sitaution
- "It's ok. Let the Nandigram people give their verdict," she said as she was trailing in the seat she contested for
Hours after Trinamool’s good show in West Bengal elections, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said tackling the deadly COVID-19 pandemic was the priority of the moment. She added that the oath-taking will be a simple affair.
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“We are grateful to the people for this landslide victory. I have to start working for COVID-19 immediately. The swearing-in will be a low-key event because of the prevailing COVID-19 situation,” Mamata Banerjee said, according to ANI.
She accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of playing “dirty politics” and said it has lost the elections. As per the latest count, the saffron party has won a single seat and is leading in 77, which is much short of the majority mark of 77.
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Although Banerjee’s party is all set to clinch party, the party supremo is herself trailing in Nandigram, where she contested against her protege-turned-rival Suvendu Adhikari. As per the latest count, she is trailing by about 10,000 votes.
“Don’t worry about Nandigram, I struggled for Nandigram because I fought a movement,” she said.
“It’s ok. Let the Nandigram people give whatever verdict they want,” Banerjee said, adding that she accepted that and didn’t mind the outcome.
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The TMC is all set to retain power in the eastern state for a third term.
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