“We lost the Bengal elections to the Supreme Court of India , not to the BJP, because we took a leap of faith on the highest court of the country,” he said. The Trinamool national general secretary alleged that SC’s directions on the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls were not implemented by the Election Commission. Kolkata: Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee said on Thursday that his party lost the Bengal polls to the Supreme Court and not to BJP.
“The SC said names could be taken up until three days before the election. The court said one day before counting that the rule of randomisation had to be followed. Contempt (petition) has been filed, but the SC doesn’t listen,” he said. Bengal panchayat minister and BJP senior Dilip Ghosh said it was time Trinamool accepted the people’s verdict. Many questions are being raised now but the public has had the last laugh,” he said.
It wasn’t done. Chief electoral officer Manoj Agarwal did not follow it. Banerjee’s comments found support within his party. MP Mahua Moitra questioned how SC allowed elections to take place while millions of voters awaited adjudication. Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghosh questioned SC’s inability to restrain the EC. “The govt has been running for seven months, people are happy.