This story is from May 2, Though the BJP had set a target of winning more than of the seats which went to polls, it was the TMC instead which crossed the double century mark. In the process, the BJP got restricted to double digit figures. Women The BJP had hoped to get votes of women on the basis of the several initiatives that the Modi government at the Centre has taken for them in the last six-seven years such as building toilets, giving LPG connection, promising to give tapped water in every household and the likes.
However, election after election, the women have stood solidly behind Mamata who also implemented several welfare measures for them. West Bengal has 3. Mamata has implemented about women-centric schemes such as Kanyashree and Rupashree which grant funds for education and marriage, Sabooj Sathi which gives bicycles for girl students and education loans. The TMC earned the dividend for launching women-centric schemes. In the assembly election, 52 per cent of its votes is believed to have come from women.
But they have chosen to vote for Didi. Since the assembly election, they have voted for the TMC. The TMC had retained office in by winning assembly constituencies with the crucial help of these Muslim-dominated seats.
Ever since Mamata Banerjee came to office in her first stint in , she has been wooing the Muslims by announcing several sops for them. For instance, her TMC government gave a monthly stipend of upto Rs 2, to about 60, imams and muezzins, distributed bicycles to girl students enrolled in madrassas, extended scholarships to Muslim students of Class I to X, offered reservation to Muslim OBCs and has declared Urdu as the second language in the Muslim-populated districts.
All eyes were trained on this seat I have been freshly inspired To work more for the people. I will not show V sign I will show 3 finger sign because I am not contesting alone, my colleagues in Jangipur and Samserganj are also winning comfortably," Mamata said after her poll win.
Mamata Banerjee appears poised to bag a win with an unprecedented margin in Bhabanipur. She beat her nearest rival in with 54, votes. This time her lead is of more than 56, votes at the end of round I am grateful to the public for voting for us," West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee said. It was a good day for incumbent parties in the bypolls. She is ahead by over 6, votes at the end of counting of third round of voting. The counting of votes in West Bengal's Bhabanipur seat will take place on Sunday.
The Election Commission will begin counting at 8 am and the results are expected to be declared based on trends by Sunday afternoon. The poll body has arranged for a three-tier security system, called in 24 companies of central forces and have already deployed them at the counting centre. The chief minister, who lost from the Nandigram constituency in the Assembly elections earlier this year, has to win this by-poll to retain her post of chief minister.
She was one of the petitioners and party's counsel in the Bengal post-poll violence cases. Tibrewal claimed that TMC forcibly stopped the voting process at a polling booth in ward number 72, and that state minister Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee were trying to influence the voters in the constituency. Hakim said such claims were politically motivated. In another incident, a minor scuffle between supporters of the TMC and BJP was reported outside a booth in Bhabanipur over claims of the ruling party bringing fake voters inside the polling centre.
According to the police, there was no political connection with the incident and the attack was due to an altercation with a person on a motorbike. The TMC also registered a complaint with the EC, accusing Tibrewal of moving with an entourage of 20 cars and intimidating voters, a charge denied by her. The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 30, for 20 straight days and less than 50, for consecutive days now.
Thank you for subscribing to our Daily News Capsule newsletter. Whatsapp Twitter Facebook Linkedin. Sign Up. Edit Profile. Subscribe Now. Your Subscription Plan Cancel Subscription. Home India News Entertainment. HT Insight. The Bharatiya Janata Party marshalled all its resources, pumping in huge sums of money, bringing in national leaders, influencing election arrangements and getting large sections of the national media to portray it as the favourite.
In the end, it all came to nought. The BJP fell well short of victory. How did it manage this feat? Here are seven reasons — collated through Scroll. The Trinamool has, since it came to power in , turbocharged welfare in the state. This includes, amongst other things, regular cash transfers to girls if they do not get married and remain in school, a grant once they do get married, an unemployment dole for young citizens, scholarships for Dalits and minorities, a handout to cover funeral costs and payments to farmers including compensation on death , pensions for old age and widows: you name a problem and Banerjee has a cash transfer ready for it.
So while there was anger, what was often missed is that the Trinamool Congress had far more people happy with its welfare than not. On this parameter, the BJP was no match for the Trinamool. BJP rallies would often go unattended. When the BJP desperately tried to overcome this advantage by using cash and sometimes legal threats to poach Trinamool leaders, this caused even more problems.
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