TMC secures spectacular victory in Mahishadal cooperative polls

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) once again secured a spectacular win in a cooperative election in East Midnapore’s Mahishadal. Out of 42 seats in the ‘Kalikakunda Bakshichowk Samabay Simiti’ election, BJP managed to field its candidate in only 3 seats while in remaining 39 seats they failed to give a candidate.

As a result the ruling party in the state won the election with 39 seats uncontested by the BJP. There were around 1,050 voters. Trinamool Congress retains power in the cooperative. The local BJP leaders have, however, alleged that the Trinamool Congress unleashed a reign of terror before the elections. Trinamool Congress leaders on the other hand denied the allegations and said that the election results show that people have faith in the ruling party. Trinamool also alleged that BJP has no organisation in those areas and hence failed to field candidates in 39 seats. Earlier this year, the

Trinamool Congress swept the Cooperative Society election under Ramanimohan Maiti Gram Panchayat in Mahishadal block.

There were around 1,300 voters and as many as 122 candidates contested elections. The election was held in 61 seats out of which Trinamool Congress secured 36 seats and the Opposition won 25 seats.