File photo of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ReutersMamata, also the chief of Trinamool Congress (TMC), bags 58,832 more votes than those Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) Priyanka Tibrewal getsWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has won a resounding victory in the by-poll from Kolkata, which was crucial for her to retain the post after the Nandigram setback, reports NDTV. In the West Bengal Assembly elections held earlier this year, she had lost the Nandigram constituency to her former aide Suvendu Adhikari, who had defected to the BJP before the polls. The party's decision was announced by West Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury earlier last month. Also Read - Crucial West Bengal by-polls held to decide CM Mamata's fateCentral security forces were posted at counting centres, the news agency reported. West Bengal had witnessed a spell of violent incidents following Assembly election results on May 2.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 03, 2021 07:24 UTC