Results from West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry.
Trinamool Congress activists celebrate their partys winning trend during counting day of West Bengal Assembly Election 2021, in South Dinajpur district, Sunday, May 2, 2021. Photo: PTI
Even as India reels under a deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, votes for assembly elections to four states and one union territory – West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry – are being counted today.
Trends from various states have already come in – Trinamool Congress is leading in West Bengal, the Left Democratic Front in Kerala, DMK in Tamil Nadu, and the BJP in Assam and Puducherry.
Polling in West Bengal was held in eight phases – a decision criticised by many who said this could have led to the further spread of coronavirus. Mass rallies were held across states, which led the Madras high court to firmly rebuke the Election Commission for allowing them to continue.
Through the day, we will bring you updates, analyses and more.
EC data shows TMC chief Mamata Banerjee has lost Nandigram to BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari by 1,736 votes, casting a cloud over her chief ministerial role in Bengal.
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With the hard work of party workers, the BJP has been established as the main opposition party in West Bengal and it will continue to take spread its ideology and work for the dream of ‘Sonar Bangla’, party president JP Nadda said on Sunday.
Nadda said the party heartily respects the mandate of the people of Bengal and expresses its gratitude to them.
In a series of tweets, Nadda thanked party workers, including BJP’s Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh, for their tenacity and hard work.
“The BJP will continue to work for the dream of ‘Sonar Bengal’ and will take its ideology to every household in Bengal,” Nadda said, adding it is the result of the hard work of party workers that the BJP was established as the main opposition party in the state.
(PTI)