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Mamata-Left Friendship a 'Marriage of Convenience': Suvendu Attacks TMC on CEC Row, Shrinking Seats.
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News18•27-09-2026, 18:56
Mamata-Left Friendship a 'Marriage of Convenience': Suvendu Attacks TMC on CEC Row, Shrinking Seats.
- •Suvendu Adhikari termed the emerging understanding between TMC and CPI(M) on CEC Gyanesh Kumar issue as a 'marriage of convenience'.
- •The comment followed a report on message exchange between Mamata Banerjee and M.A. Baby regarding ECI officials' differences over 'Special Intensive Revision' (SIR).
- •Adhikari stated the message exchange aimed to build political understanding, noting TMC and CPI(M) have now become friends.
- •He refuted Mamata Banerjee's allegations of 27 lakh voters removed due to SIR, stating judicial officers made decisions based on Supreme Court orders.
- •Adhikari claimed TMC shrunk to 80 seats, and Mamata Banerjee cannot accept the people's verdict, having lost her party's name and symbol.
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Suvendu Adhikari labeled the TMC and CPI(M) partnership a marriage of convenience following reports of a message exchange between Mamata Banerjee and M.A. Baby regarding differences among top ECI officials over the Special Intensive Revision.
Adhikari stated that Mamata Banerjee approached the Supreme Court against the SIR, after which judicial officers were appointed under court orders to make the decisions regarding voter rolls, rather than the BJP or the ECI.
Adhikari claimed that the BJP won 208 seats while the Trinamool Congress shrunk to only 80 seats, asserting that Mamata Banerjee is refusing to accept the clear verdict of the public.
