The Calcutta High Court on Friday adjourned till Thursday West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's petition for declaring election of BJP's Suvendu Adhikari from Nandigram null and void. Banerjee had filed an election petition against her former aide Adhikari before the high court on Thursday.
The matter was listed for hearing before a single bench, which deferred it till June 24.
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The Election Commission had declared Adhikari the winner and the Trinamool Congress supremo the runner-up in the fiercely contested election for the Nandigram constituency.
Alleging tampering of EVM machines and refusal of demands for recounting by the concerned EC official, Banerjee had said following declaration of the results that the doors of the court will be knocked on the issue.
BJP MLA Adhikari is at present the leader of the opposition in the West Bengal assembly.
