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Express News Service GUWAHATI: Denied ticket by his party Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), two-time former Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta has decided against contesting the upcoming Assam elections, his wife and former MP Jayashree Goswami Mahanta said. “He has taken a decision not to contest the polls but he will keep working for the cause of regionalism,” she said. “He is hurt that the AGP leadership sold off regional sentiment to a national political party,” she added. The Bahrampur MLA Mahanta, 68, returned from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in New Delhi last week after undergoing treatment. He has been serving as a legislator since 1985. In his Bahrampur seat in Central Assam, which he has been representing since 1991, the AGP is not contesting. The party offered the seat to ally BJP as part of their seat-sharing understanding. ....
Bengali actor Sayantika Banerjee recently joined Trinamool Congress (ANI) KOLKATA: The BJP s ambition to form its first government in West Bengal and the TMC s bid to seek a third term in power in the state has politically polarised the Bengali film industry and turned it into the parties new battleground. The TMC s influence over the Tollygunge-based film industry, known by its portmanteau Tollywood, since even before Mamata Banerjee s ascendance to power in 2011, seems to have been waning with several celebrities shifting their allegiance to the saffron party. Ironically, the BJP, which seeks to unseat the TMC from power, has taken a leaf out of Banerjee s strategy of soliciting the tinsel town s support towards causes and fielding actors in elections. ....
Former CM is among four AGP MLAs denied ticket. Former Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta said he has not wavered from his stand against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA). He is among four MLAs of the regional Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) who have been denied ticket for the three-phase Assam election starting March 27. “I stand firmly with the anti-CAA forces,” Mr. Mahanta said after arriving in Guwahati on March 6 from New Delhi, where he had undergone treatment at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences. The two-time Chief Minister is the founder-president of the AGP, a minor ally of the BJP in the State. The party got 26 seats following the seat-sharing agreement with the BJP and other allies in New Delhi on March 5. ....
Bengal polls: Tollywood divided ahead of Bengal polls indiatimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiatimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The BJP on Friday released its first list of 70 candidates for the Assam assembly polls and announced that allies Asom Gana Parishad and United People s Party Liberal will contest on 26 and eight seats respectively. The three-phased elections for the 126-member Assam assembly will be held on March 27, April 1 and April 6. Party general secretary Arun Singh told a press conference that Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will contest from the Majuli (ST) reserved constituency and state minister Himanta Biswa Sarma from Jalukbari. The two seats are currently represented by the two top state BJP leaders in the assembly. Assam BJP chief Ranjit Dass will contest the polls from Patacharkuchi instead of Sarbhog from where he won in the last elections. ....