It's people's victory: Mamata Banerjee on Dhupguri bypoll result

West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee described her partys win in the Dhupguri bypolls on Friday as a victory of the people The ruling TMC wrested the Dhupguri seat from the BJPShe congratulated candidates for defeating the BJP in the bypolls in four seats in various states saying it was a big win for the INDIA coalition The BJP lost in Dumri Jharkhand Puthuppally Kerala Ghosi Uttar Pradesh and Dhupguri the ECI saidDhupguri is a big win The seat was with the BJP Its a historic win and I congratulate all the people of Dhupguri This is a win of the people Banerjee told reporters at the city airport before leaving for New DelhiAt the national capital Banerjee will attend President Droupadi Murmus G20 dinner invitation on SaturdayI would like to congratulate all those who beat the BJP to win the bypolls The BJP has lost four bypolls out of the seven held on September 5 This is a big win for INDIA I want people to take such decisions slowly she saidI thank the people of Dhupguri for reposing faith in us and voting decisively in our favour in the critical byelection to the Assembly constituency People in North Bengal have been with us and trust our strategy of growth inclusiveness and empowerment Bengal has shown its mandate and soon INDIA too will show its preference Jai Bangla she posted on XTMC candidate Nirmal Chandra Roy a college professor won the seat by over 4313 votes He bagged 96961 votes while his nearest rival BJPs Tapasi Roy the widow of a CRPF jawan killed in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir in 2021 got 92648 votes the ECI saidWith this victory the TMCs tally went up to 217 in the 294member assembly It also enjoys the support of six BJP MLAs who switched over to the ruling party but are yet to resign from the HouseThank you Dhupguri for embracing the politics of development over hatred and bigotry Saluting every AITC worker for their tireless efforts in connecting with the people Were committed to leaving no stone unturned in ensuring Dhupguris allround development TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee posted on XBanerjee had promised to make Dhupguri a subdivision by December this yearSenior TMC leader Firhad Hakim slammed the Congress and the Left for campaigning against Bengals ruling party despite being alliance partners in the INDIA opposition bloc an opposition front formed to take on the BJP in the next Lok Sabha pollsWe are against the BJP and have been constantly fighting against them But the Congress and the Left are fighting and campaigning against us and trying to help the BJP in Bengal he saidThe BJP had snatched the seat from the TMC which it had won twice since 2011 in the 2021 assembly pollsHolding that an opposition party has only a slender chance to win a bypolls the CPIM said it will review the Dhupguri bypoll results and take necessary steps to strengthen its organisation in north BengalCPIM central committee member Sujan Chakraborty claimed that antiBJP feeling is increasingly gaining strength countrywideAn opposition party candidate has only a slender chance to win a bypoll as the ruling party has an advantage he saidAdmitting weakness in organisational strength in the assembly constituency Chakraborty said We will review the result and take necessary stepsCPIM candidate Ishwar Chandra Roy received 13758 votes around 600 more than what the party got in the seat in 2021 assembly polls The bypoll was necessitated owing to the demise of the BJP MLAThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever