Mamata Banerjee moves Calcutta HC challenging Nandigram poll result

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday moved the Calcutta High Court challenging the polling process in the Nandigram assembly constituency. 

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday moved the Calcutta High Court challenging the polling process in the Nandigram assembly constituency. The matter has been listed for before a single-judge bench for 11 am on Friday. Trinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee lost to Bharatiya Janata Party's Suvendu Adhikari from the Nandigram seat in the recently-concluded West Bengal Assembly elections. Mamata Banerjee had vacated her seat of Bhabanipore to contest the polls from Nandigram in a bid to challenge former confidante Suvendu Adhikari. According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari had won the Nandigram seat by 1,622 votes after recounting.