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News Desk: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee held an online meeting with 290 party candidates on Friday afternoon, assuring them that the Trinamul Congress would win the Assembly elections with no less than two-thirds majority, her outreach coming a day after exit polls indicated that her rerturn to Nabanna would by no means be a cakewalk.
“Didi said she expected good performance in North Bengal and Jungle Mahal. She sounded confident of a win with two-third majority,” said a candidate from a south Bengal district.
The Bengal Assembly has 294 seats. Elections were held in 292 seats. Congress’s Shamserganj candidate Rezaul Haque and RSP’s Jangipur nominee Pradip Kumar died of Covid. Voting in these two constituencies will now be held on May 16. Trinamul’s Khardah candidate Kajal Sinha succumbed to Covid after voting was over in the constituency. A fourth candidate, Sameer Ghosh, who was contesting as an Independent from Baishnabnagar, died earlier this week. Voting in the seat was held on Thursday.
Counting votes for Bengal, along with Assam, Kerala, Puducherry and Tamil Nadu, will be held on May 2.
