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Focus on Kolkata, BJP trying to regain legacy of its ideologue Shyama Prasad Mookerjee ANI | Updated: Apr 15, 2021 19:24 IST
By Pragya Kaushika
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 15 (ANI): Seven decades after the founder of Bharatiya Jana Sangh Shyama Prasad Mookerjee represented the Calcutta South East Lok Sabha constituency, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is engaged in a vigorous battle to preserve his ideological legacy by seeking to win the assembly constituencies that were part of the seat the party ideologue represented.
The BJP appears determined to contest assembly seats in Kolkata and its surroundings with renewed vigour and regain the glory that came with Jan Sangh winning the seat in the country s first Lok Sabha election.
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Kolkata: Two heavyweight candidates one a central and the other a state minister from the Tollygunge constituency presented a picture in contrast on the polling day on Saturday. While BJP’s Babul Supriyo chose to hit the turf challenging “fake women voters” and even “punishing’ one of them by asking her to apologize in front of a dozen cameras Trinamool’s Aroop Biswas mostly stayed put with his close aides, rarely answering to calls and appearing in public, choosing to marshal his troops from his residence at New Alipore and his office.
Babul, who set out early in the morning from The Tollygunge Club in his SUV, chose to stay close to Golf Green and Bijoygarh before moving towards Garia. It was a call from a polling agent at the Niva Ananda Vidyalaya close to Battala Bazar in Bansdroni that made him rush there around 10.15am. “I was told that an elderly woman was trying to cast a fake vote. When my agent objected, Trinamool polling agents and supporters brough
Since childhood, I have seen a lot of elections. First, it was my parents and then my husband. So, this is not new for me. However, this is my first election as a candidate so there is a bit of excitement. (CM) Mamata Banerjee has worked a lot for the people so as a TMC candidate, I don t have much pressure in reaching out to the people, Ratna told PTI.
Sovan quit the BJP along with his friend Baishakhi Banerjee after they were denied nominations by the opposition party. Besides, being a mayor, he won the seat for two consecutive terms 2011 and 2016. He wanted to contest this time too from the constituency, but the BJP chose to field actor Payel Sarkar.