Kolkata: Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee said on Thursday that his party lost the Bengal polls to the Supreme Court and not to BJP. “We lost the Bengal elections to the Supreme Court of India, not to the BJP, because we took a leap of faith on the highest court of the country,” he said. The Trinamool national general secretary alleged that SC’s directions on the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls were not implemented by the Election Commission.“The SC said names could be taken up until three days before the election. It wasn’t done. The court said one day before counting that the rule of randomisation had to be followed. Chief electoral officer Manoj Agarwal did not follow it. Contempt (petition) has been filed, but the SC doesn’t listen,” he said.He further alleged that police officers were threatening people with encounters and claiming no court would be able to grant protection.Banerjee’s comments found support within his party. MP Mahua Moitra questioned how SC allowed elections to take place while millions of voters awaited adjudication. Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghosh questioned SC’s inability to restrain the EC.Bengal panchayat minister and BJP senior Dilip Ghosh said it was time Trinamool accepted the people’s verdict. “The govt has been running for seven months, people are happy. Many questions are being raised now but the public has had the last laugh,” he said.
