TMC wins West Bengal civic polls in plains, makes inroads in hills with Mirik
According to the latest result, TMC emerged in hills as a challenger to the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), an ally of the BJP, even as the latter won Darjeeling, Kalimpong and Kurseong corporations convincingly.
GJM-BJP won 17 of the 20 wards in Kurseong. In Darjeeling TMC won one only against 31 by BJP-GJM. In Kalimpong, TMC won 2 while the BJP-GJM won 18 of the total 23. Jana Andolan Party (JAP) from the hills won 2 and one by Others.
In new constituency Mirik the TMC won 6 seats against 3 by BJP-GJM.
In Domkal in the plains the TMC won 18 of the 21 seats.
In Raigunj, a Congress stronghold once, TMC won 24, Congress-Left combine won 2 and BJP got one. TMC just wrested from Congress the municipality.
In Pujali TMC won 12 seats and BJP got 2 while the Left Congress alliance got one.
West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chattopadhyay said the victory is expected and claimed that in the hills also the people voted for them because the chief minister visited the hills again and again and talked about development.
However, the Opposition had called the votes rigged owing to violence during the polling in the plains.
Left leader like Sitaram Yechury called it a "mockery of democracy". Congress even went to the court.
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