Omar Abdullah says ECI gerrymandering won't work in West Bengal, Mamata will emerge victorious

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Friday said that no amount of effort by the Election Commission to gerrymander will change the results in West Bengal and Mamata Banerjee will win a thumping majority.

Abdullah responded to West Bengal chief minister's statement regarding the targetted transfer of over 50 senior officials of the state even before the formal election notification.

"These sweeping transfers only happen in non-BJP ruled states and especially in West Bengal but that’s no surprise," said Abdullah. The J&K CM said that West Bengal will once again prove what he has always believed to be true that officers don’t win elections for political parties, the leaders of political parties do.



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"No amount of effort by the Election Commission to gerrymander will change the results. Come counting day Mamata Didi will win a thumping majority," said Abdullah.

Meanwhile, former chief minister of J&K Mehbooba Mufti also expressed concern over the brewing communal tensions in New Delhi ahead of Eid uf Fitr on March 21.


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"Right wing fanatics and lumpen elements in Uttam Nagar, New Delhi are openly baying for the blood of Muslims and how rivers of blood will flow tomorrow on Eid," Mufti wrote on X. She further said that this has caused considerable panic and anxiety amongst many muslims families who have fled to escape the impending violence. "Urge PM and HM to intervene before the situation worsens leading to loss of innocent lives," she said.