#$ ? ! " ,!!1) !$@+! %$) !$@+!@ 245627&-*! %""%& *%'+ %'( ) (,9!$ ' '' 9 0' ' 6 66' ' NBB' D 6' '' 6B 0 01./7223 ..8 A'( %"++ , # ,#$%$&8&!, R tions, the Left-Congress ent from what it was in the rest alliance had won 77 seats and of Bengal. She said, “I think # $ were defeated in 70 other seats there is a conspiracy… they did - 4 5.. by narrow margins of 150 to something to ensure my defeat tion on the issue saying her pri- 60 4 78 4,000 votes. The only unpleas- … first they declared that I was ority was to fight the pandemic -4 . ant news in the jubilant TMC winning and then they said that peaking to the media on her and save the people of her State. ' . camp was the Bengal Chief the server was down and then Sparty’s hat-trick in Bengal She said “I salute my nation, Minister’s loss to her former I was told that I had lost by a Assembly elections, Chief I salute my voters. voting percentage and number colleague and BJP rival narrow margin… I think a Minister Mamata Banerjee on Bengal has rinamool Congress’ elec- of seats compared with its per- Suvendu Adhikari who game was played there in the- Sunday said that the two high saved Ttoral “Khela” in Bengal formance in 2016. clinched the Nandigram seat last round of countings … I will points of her party’s victory were: India.” ended with the Mamata Challenger BJP, which was defeating the Trinamool supre- go to the court challenging the- “it belongs to the people of Banerjee-led TMC on Sunday expecting to form the mo by a wafer-thin margin of counting process.” Bengal and it saved India and its registering a landslide victory Government with200-plus 1953 votes. The TMC has asked However, late on Sunday democracy,” dropping sufficient for the third time in-a-row win- seats, ended up winning just 70 for a recount. night the Election Commission hints that she would now turn ning 218 seats out of 289 that seats while the Left-Congress- Mamata, however, smelled of India rejected Mamata’s alle- towards Delhi bracing for the went to the longest-ever ISF alliance came at the distant a rat in the entire proceedings gation of conspiracy against her 2024 general elections. Assembly elections in the State. third with one seat. wondering whether the trend in Nandigram. She, however, evaded a ques- TMC surpassed both its Curiously in 2016 elec- in Nandigram could be differ- Continued on Page 4 Q !" # the Congress saw the latter’s $ ! son establishing a commanding R !" fter being in the lead over his rival Pon AOpposition for ten years - 4 ./: Radhakrishnan of the BJP. since 2011, the DMK succeed- - 4 7; Radhakrishnan’s dreams of Mani C Kappen, who walked ongress’s Assam president ed in wresting power in Tamil ' < making it to Lok Sabha has out of the LDF over the front’s CRipun Bora resigned on 60 4 7/ Nadu by scoring an impressive been vaporised by 6.30 pm or the first time since 1977, refusal to part with the Pala Sunday after the party's defeat 4 /2 win in the Assembly election. itself as the lead of Vijay FKerala electorate voted back 9 8. constituency, defeated Jose in the state elections. ' . At the time of going to anything to do Vasanth, son of late Vasanth to power a ruling front by 9 :8 Mani by a big margin of 11,000 Taking responsibility, the Press, the DMK led alliance with the Hindutva Kumar, crossed the 1.11 lakh returning to power Chief min- . votes. Rajya Sabha MP sent the res- was leading in 159 out of the party. Edappadi and mark. Counting is progressing ister Pinarayi Vijayan and his ' 8 Vijayan has succeeded ignation letter to Congress total 234 Assembly con- his deputy in a slow pace and there is no LDF and leaving the leadership where Marxist titans like EMS president Sonia Gandhi. the Gohpur seat and lost by stituencies in Tamil Nadu. The Panneerselvam antago- possibility of Radhakrishnan of the Congress red-faced and Namboodirippadu, EK “I do hereby tender my res- 29,294 votes against BJP's sit- AIADMK-led front that nised the followers of snatching the lead from Vijay the BJP with a big zero. Interestingly, KT Jaleel, Nayanar and VS ignation from the post of pres- ting MLA Utpal Borah, said he includes the BJP, the PMK, and Jayalalithaa by aligning with the Vasanth. The CPI(M)-led LDF won Minister for Higher Education Achuthanandan failed to return ident, Assam Pradesh Congress did the best to revive the party the Tamil Manila Congress is BJP,” Sam Rajappa told The The DMK has absolute 99 out of the 140 seats to (who was also the former chief to power for a second consec- Committee owing to the during the last four years as leading in 75 constituencies. Pioneer. majority of its own and does which election was held on of SIMI) who had to resign utive term. Even Congress responsibility of the humiliat- president of the Assam unit Political commentators like Stalin thanked the voters not need any help from the April 6 and the counting of from the Government follow- leaders too had failed in achiev- ing defeat of my party in the despite all the odds. Sam Rajappa said the through his social media plat- constituents in the front that votes was taken up on Sunday. ing strictures by Lok Ayukta, ing this rare distinction in the Assam Assembly Election 2021. “However, I pledge to con- AIADMK aligning with the form and has not come out of include the Congress, the The Congress-led-UDF which won from Thavanur con- State. “This is a victory of the “Madam, I am extremely tinue my fight as a dedicated BJP has not gone down well his residence. “He is likely to CPI(M), the CPI, VCK, and was hoping to wrest power stituency. The notable feature people of the State. They want- saddened and disheartened to Congressman to uphold the with the people of Tamil Nadu make his first public announce- fringe parties like MMK and from the LDF had to content was the defeat of Mercykutty, ed the continuation of the inform you that despite my ideology and values of Indian and this is being seen as the ment after the ECI declares all Muslim League. A section of with just 41 seats. the fisheries minister in the good works being done by this immense hard work we were National Congress. Madam, I main reason for the party’s results from the State,” said a political commentators had Many Congress leaders, outgoing Government, from Government and that is why unable to combat the divisive shall be ever grateful to you for debacle. close aide. opined in the run up including K Muraleedharan Kundara in Kollam district. they chose to elect us back to and communal politics played assigning me with such a great “Jayalalithaa after her expe- The bye-election to Lok to the polls that Tamil Nadu is MP, his sister Padmaja Equally shocking was the defeat power,” Vijayan told the the by the BJP and RSS,” Bora said responsibility of President, riences in 1998 and 2004 had Sabha held at Kanyakumari fol- likely to see a hung Venugopal and VT Balram fell of Jose K Mani, son of late KM media in Kannur. in the letter. Assam PCC to serve my party,” dumped the BJP and had lowing the demise of sitting Assembly. by the wayside. Mani, in his home turf of Pala. Continued on Page 4 Bora, who contested from he added. vowed that she would have member Vasanth Kumar of Continued on Page 4 Venugopal also comes from the same State. he Congress has once again “Both in Tamil Nadu and Tsuffered major setbacks, Kerala, the party should have faring poorly in all the States given task to other senior lead- he AINRC-led NDA has and drawing a blank in West paigned in all the five States on strategy and form a new ling Priyanka Gandhi cam- Jai Hind,” Rahul tweeted. ers rather than just preparing Tcaptured power in .; Bengal. The party was expect- completely ignored disgruntled team as he can’t keep on los- paigned extensively are not on After Rahul side-lined all a list of star campaigners from Puducherry by winning 16 = ed to grab power in Kerala but leaders and relied extensively ing elections after elections expected lines. senior leaders like Azad, Anand which many of them were not Assembly seats. ' ; it ended way behind the on his own trusted and expect us to keep our Rahul said the party Sharma, Kapil Sibal, etc, senior given a single meeting,” con- The Congress-led front incumbent LDF. In Assam also lieutenants. Leaders like mouths shut. humbly accepts the people’s party leader Tariq Anwar was fided a leader. emerged victorious in 8 con- its performance was dismal. Ghulam Nabi Azad who had “The party lost all the mandate and it will continue to given a rehabilitation task in The crucial election in stituencies and the indepen- Former Congress presi- wide knowledge of Tamil Nadu Assembly elections except in fight for its values and ideals. Kerala after he came back from Assam was handled by dents in 6. Rangasamy cheers dent Rahul Gandhi who cam- politics were not even consult- Tamil Nadu where the party is “We humbly accept the people’s NCP, and he managed the Chhatisgarh Chief Minister AINRC chief and former as he annexed the ed, leave aside asked to under- a junior partner to the DMK,” mandate.