Turncoats turn the tables on old-timers in West Bengal assembly elections
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Last Updated: Mar 17, 2021, 01:42 PM IST
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The TMC, in its list of 291 candidates, has fielded around 16 turncoats who were either elected representatives of other parties or had joined the TMC over the last few years.
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The ruling TMC and the opposition BJP in Bengal might be pulling out all the stops to go for each other s jugular in the assembly polls, but the rivals share something in common when it comes to their choice of candidates in several high-profile seats - turncoats over tried-and-tested leaders. Once a reviled practice in the state, both the parties seem to have endorsed a record number of turncoats this time triggering a wave of discontentment among their loyalists.
Parties prefer turncoats over old-timers in Bengal
Parties prefer turncoats over old-timers in Bengal
Last Updated: Wed, Mar 17th, 2021, 14:59:20hrs
New Delhi: The ruling Trinamool Congress and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party in Bengal might be pulling out all the stops to go for each other s jugular in the assembly polls, but the rivals share something in common when it comes to their choice of candidates in several high-profile seats turncoats over tried-and-tested leaders.
Once a reviled practice in the state, both the parties seem to have endorsed a record number of turncoats this time triggering a wave of discontentment among their loyalists.
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Leaders of two prominent tribal outfits, the Adivasi Sengel Abhiyan and the Jharkhand Disham Party, jointly hosted a public meeting at the Gazole College ground in Malda district on Sunday and urged the community to vote against the BJP that according to them had neglected their longstanding demands.
The meeting, which was held in support of Trinamul, was attended by north Bengal development minister Rabindranath Ghosh and former state minister and party leader Madan Mitra.
Altogether, 20,000 people were present at the event that was held at the same ground where Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath had spoken at a public meeting of five days back.
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