June 17, 2021
New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday challenged the election of the BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari from the Nandigram assembly constituency in Calcutta High Court.
The matter will be heard at 11 am on Friday before a single-judge bench of Justice Kausik Chanda, LiveLaw reported.
Adhikari had been declared the winner by the Election Commission of India. The Trinamool Congress chief had lost to Adhikara by a margin of less than 2,000 votes.
Alleging foul play by authorities, the Chief Minister had said following declaration of the results that she will take the matter to the court.
Adhikari, once an important leader of TMC had left the partyin the run up to the Assembly polls and joined the BJP.
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