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News Desk: Calcutta High Court on Monday asked the BJP’s Nandigram MLA Suvendu Adhikari to file an affidavit by November 29, on his view on chief minister Mamata Banerjee demand to recount votes polled in the Nandigram Assembly election this summer.
Justice Shampa Sarkar of the high court directed the Nandigram MLA to file the affidavit in opposition to Mamata’s petition, after the Supreme Court refused to pass any judgment on his supplementary petition seeking adjournment of the hearing in Calcutta High Court. The apex court has fixed the matter for hearing after two weeks.
Bengal’s advocate general S.N. Mukherjee cited a Supreme Court ruling and said since the apex court did not issue a stay on the hearing at high court, Suvendu had no right to delay filing his affidavit.
