7 BJP candidates had their deposits forfeited in Bengal polls
Thu, May 6 2021 19:33 IST |
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Kolkata, May 6 : Of the 292 candidates who contested in the recently concluded Assembly elections in West Bengal, the deposits of seven BJP candidates have been forfeited.
The seven saffron party nominees who suffered humiliating defeats were from Bhaganbangola, Lalgola, Raghunathganj, Canning East, Bhangar, Hariharpara and Sujapur.
Election deposit is an amount deposited by the candidate while submitting his or her nomination. According to Election Commission rules, for state Assembly polls, the amount is Rs 10,000 while it is Rs 5,000 for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe candidates.
KOLKATA: The Trinamool Congress’ spectacular win in the West Bengal polls could be a case study of how a party could prevent massive consolidation of Hindu votes in a state having a 30% Muslim population.
The ruling Trinamool worked on various caste, sub-caste and linguistic groups and also nursed the Bengali sub-nationalism sentiment against BJP’s majoritarian approach to counter-polarize Hindu votes. The BJP strategy worked in pockets but could not give it the push to attain the magic number.
Sociologist and Presidency University’s former head of sociology and political science departments Prasanta Roy said not all Hindus could fit into one lot, much as BJP might have strategized. “There is a degree of Hinduness in each one of us. A section of them is rational and calculative. Not all are Hindus at all costs. They saw everything and took an informed decision,” he said.