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In the battleground of West Bengal, Bharatiya Janata Party Core Group to meet today in order to finalise candidates for upcoming WB Assembly Polls. Recently JP Nadda launched ‘Lokkho Sonar Bangla’ manifesto crowdsourcing campaign in Kolkata months ahead of the Assembly polls. Lokkho Sonar Bangla manifesto crowdsourcing campaign will have more than 200 meetings. Through the move, the BJP aims to reach all constituencies in West Bengal to prepare its manifesto for the state election. Suggestions from across the state will be collected before preparing the party’s West Bengal poll manifesto.
State Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chief Dilip Ghosh dismissed speculations of cricketer Sourav Ganguly joining the party, saying he had no idea about it and it had not been discussed. The state party chief also announced the core committee of the party will soon declare names of the candidates for the first and second phase of elections in West Bengal.
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Biman Bose, Sitaram Yechury, D Raja, Bhupesh Baghel, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and other leaders join hands during a joint rally of Left, Congress and Indian Secular Front (ISF) ahead of West Bengal assembly polls in Kolkata.
Senior Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury has hit back at party colleague Anand Sharma for questioning the party s tie-up with Indian Secular Front (ISF) in West Bengal for the upcoming Assembly polls. Chowdhury is also the Congress West Bengal unit president. He accused Sharma of helping the polarising agenda of the BJP.
Chowdhury asked Sharma to rise above always seeking personal comfort sports and stop praising PM .
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Huge crowd at first joint rally of Left-Cong-ISF in Kolkata, no consensus yet over seat-sharing ANI | Updated: Feb 28, 2021 20:10 IST
By Joymala Bagchi
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], February 28 (ANI): The first joint rally of the Left-Congress-Indian Secular Front (ISF) at Brigade parade ground here on Sunday witnessed the attendance of lakhs of people. However, the stalemate between Congress and Furfura Sharif s ISF continued at the rally.
ISF chief Abbas Siddiqui applauded the Left Front for accepting his party s demand for crucial 30 seats including Nandigram. He also made it clear that the ISF will support the Left front.
Addressing the public at the rally, Siddiqui said, The Left accepted our demand regarding seat-sharing and thus we should be together. Everybody is in trouble under Mamata Raj. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its proxy team Trinamool Congress (TMC) should understand the importance of common people. Bengal s people
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Abbas Siddiqui, an influential cleric of Hooghly’s Furfura Sharif, launches his new party Indian Secular Front.
The Indian Secular Front (ISF) of Pirzada Abbas Siddiqui, an influential cleric of Furfura Sharif Dargah in West Bengal s Hooghly, has joined the Congress-Left alliance for the upcoming Assembly polls in the eastern state. The announcement was made by Bengal Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Left Front Chairman Biman Bose on Tuesday at a joint press conference in Kolkata. In the upcoming 2021 assembly elections, we will fight as an alliance of the Left Front, Congress and the Indian Secular Front, Chowdhury said. Not just the ISF, he said, the RJD and several other smaller parties will also be accommodated in the alliance.