Sandeshkhali row: From PM Modi s likely visit to BJP MP s entry to the region with court persmission, the saffron party is upping its ante against the Trinamool Congress in the Sandeshkhali region
Banerjee on several occasions said that the TMC will oust the ‘divisive’ BJP from North East and will implement all the ‘developmental’ schemes started by the party government in West Bengal.
Ground report: In West Bengal s Barasat, jobs and economy take centre stage
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The state government has worked on expanding village road networks, improved the infrastructure and the public distribution system, and provided Swasthya Sathi Health cards, but in this minority-dominated constituency, where tailoring, zari artisanship, construction work and jewellery designing are the main professions, people are looking for relief after the blow from Covid-19-led restrictions which saw many people lose their jobs.
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Barasat constituency will witness a three-cornered fight.
In poll-bound North 24 Parganas district s Barasat constituency, better employment opportunities and economic development are the focus areas in the three-cornered political contest for which votes will be cast on April 17 in the fifth phase of polling in West Bengal.
In Bidhannagar, pitch set for a Sujit-vs-Sabyasachi poll fight
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The Congress has also fielded the Congress-Left-ISF alliance (Sanjukta Morcha) supported candidate Abhisek Banerjee, a data solution architect by profession who has over 16 years of experience in the IT industry.
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Banerjee, the Sanjukta Morcha candidate, said that the aim was to have an overall development of Bidhannagar. “It is the need to have a ‘Smart Bidhannagar’ with overall civic development,” he said.
(This story originally appeared in on Apr 16, 2021)A tough contest is on the cards for the prestigious Bidhannagar assembly constituency that has about 2.3 lakh electorates covering the entire Salt Lake with its added areas and a large part of South Dum Dum municipality area. The constituency goes to polls on April 17. The battle here is primarily between the sitting Trinamool MLA Sujit Bose and former mayor of Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation BJP’s Sabyasachi Dut