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CM wins 8-Town Bordowali; 6-Agartala goes to Congress

Roy Barman lashed out at the BJP for using miscreants to cast "false votes" on the chief minister's home turf.

Agartala:

Two heavyweights, including Chief Minister Manik Saha, and Congress leader Sudip Roy Barman won the by-polls.

While Chief Minister Saha has won the bye-election from the 8-Town Bordowali assembly constituency with 17, 181 votes, Roy Barman edge past his competitor by 17, 431 votes from the 6-Agartala assembly constituency.

Saha said he was confident about his victory and urged people to keep their faith in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

“I will do my best to work for the people. During the door-to-door campaign, I have seen many problems which the people are facing and I’m keen on solving all of them. I was not worried about my results. I believe in the saying, ‘tension lene ka nahi, deneka’. I was leading more than 5000 votes, but was hopeful for more,” the chief minister said, after winning the the 8-Town Bordowali seat.

Meanwhile, Roy Barman lashed out at the BJP for using miscreants to cast “false votes” on the chief minister’s home turf.

While coming out of the counting hall, Roy Barman said, “I want to thank all my people. This victory is not for me or my party, but of the people of the 6-Agartala assembly constituency. The taste of this victory is really different amidst the attack on voters, threats”.

Roy Barman added that he was not expecting the result of 8-Town Bordowali and claimed that the chief minister won with false votes.

“They (BJP) intimidated voters in 8-Town Bordowali and snatched their voters slip. False votes were cast for which the Chief Minister won. Saha is also aware of such incidents. He called the sector officer to allow BJP’s goons. We have proof of all of these,” he said.

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