People have given fitting reply for spreading canards against TMC: Nayana Bandyopadhyay

Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Nayana Bandyopadhyay on Tuesday credited party supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her win in the assembly by-polls, saying the people have given a fitting reply to the canards being spread by the opposition against her party by ensuring her win.

"During my election campaign, I had sought votes from people for my leader Mamata Banerjee. I did not seek any votes in my name. This is a victory for Didi (Mamata Banerjee) and that of Maa, Mati and Manush (Mother, land and people)," the victorious TMC leader told mediapersons here.

"People have given a fitting reply in regards to the canards being spread against us. People have shown that they are with us," she added.

TMC candidate Nayana Bandyppadhyay has won the prestigious south-central Kolkata seat by defeating BJP and Congress in a triangular contest. The TMC candidate won by 14,000 votes against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Ritesh Tiwari to retain the Chowringhee seat.

Meanwhile, BJP candidate Shamik Bhattacharjee won the Basirhat Dakshin seat in West Bengal by a slender margin of 1,742 votes.

The results of bypolls for three Lok Sabha and 33 Assembly constituencies spread across ten states where the bypolls were held on September 13, came out today.