Bengal: As BJP Aggressively Engineers Defections, TMC Struggles to Retain Leaders
TMC candidate from Habibpur in Malda district, Sarala Murmu, reversed the usual trend of openly disgruntled TMC leaders joining BJP by jumping ship even after she had been named candidate.
Former TMC leaders, including Mamata Banerjee s confidant, Sonali Guha, join BJP on Monday, March 8. Photo: Twitter/@Mosarra30650416
Politics08/Mar/2021
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate from Habibpur in Malda district â Sarala Murmu â met Bengal Bharatiya Janata Party leaders in Kolkata on Sunday and joined the party on Monday, March 8. The development prompted an embarrassed TMC to replace Murmu with Pradeep Baskey as the candidate of Habibpur constituency which goes to polls on April 26. The party cited âill healthâ.
Suvendu Adhikari will be one of the main campaigners of the BJP in the Bengal Assembly elections and to ensure his smooth journey across the state, a helipad is being constructed for the former transport minister in East Midnapore’s Nandigram.
The BJP has fielded Adhikari in Nandigram where chief minister Mamata Banerjee is the Trinamul Congress’s candidate.
Under the watchful eyes of local BJP leaders, a group of labourers is working 24X7 on a four-acre land in Nandigram’s Haripur village to build the helipad from where Adhikari will take off frequently to campaign against Trinamul across Bengal.
Several Trinamool Congress leaders voiced their anguish against the party. (Representational)
Kolkata:
Several Trinamool Congress leaders voiced their anguish against the party after they were denied nomination for the West Bengal assembly elections with protests being held at a few places.
Four-time Satgachia MLA Sonali Guha, once a close associate of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, burst into tears after learning that she was denied a ticket this time. May God give Mamata-didi good sense and counsel, I have been with her from the beginning, said Ms Guha, the former deputy speaker of the state assembly.
Former TMC MLA Arabul Islam, a strongman from Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district, broke down in tears as he said that those who have loved the party with their heart have been ignored.
TMC leaders break down in tears after being dropped, protests in few areas
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Last Updated: Mar 05, 2021, 09:36 PM IST
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Former TMC MLA Arabul Islam, a strongman from Bhangar in South 24 Parganas district, broke down in tears as he said that those who have loved the party with their heart have been ignored.
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Supporters of Rafiqur Rahaman, the sitting TMC MLA of Amdanga in North 24 Parganas, blocked the highway in the area after his name did not appear in the list.
Several Trinamool Congress leaders voiced their anguish against the party after they were denied nomination for the West Bengal assembly elections with protests being held at a few places. Four-time Satgachia MLA Sonali Guha, once a close associate of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, burst into tears after learning that she was denied a ticket this time.