The night still shadowed the whole nature with its deep black curtain. It was around 4:30am. Four people at the radio office in Dhaka s Shahbagh just fell into exhausted slumber following a late night programme that ended at 2:00am. It was around 3:00am of August 15, 1975. Preparations for carrying out a barbaric assassination were almost done.
Major Syed Faruk Rahman, one of the masterminds of the massacre, was sitting on a stool in front of the lancer unit headquarters in Dhaka Cantonment. An operation map was open on his knees. Execution of which would send a massive blow to the newly independent Bangladesh. Major Khandaker Abdur Rashid, another mastermind, was standing beside him.
Chandana, the wife of a daily wage earner, found it impossible to offer the four central force jawans, who were sent for her security, daily meals or make arrangements for accommodation for them.
BJP MLA from Bankura’s Saltora awaits actor Mithun Chakraborty s blessings after poll win
BJP MLA from Bankura’s Saltora awaits actor Mithun Chakraborty s blessings after poll win
Chandana Barui is waiting to get congratulated by actor Mithun Chakraborty, who had campaigned for her and said that he wants Chandana to win from the constituency. She, however, received no communication from Mithun, claimed Chandana.
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Chandana Barui after taking oath on Friday.
Chandana Bauri, a BJP candidate who had won from Bankura’s Saltora, waits for Muthun Chakraborty’s blessings before she begins her role as an MLA.
Mithun Chakraborty had campaigned for Chandana and said that he wants Chandana to win from the constituency. She, however, received no communication from Mithun after her win, claimed Chandana.
Homemaker stands out amid BJP drubbing in West Bengal, readies for MLA stint
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Last Updated: May 07, 2021, 05:40 PM IST
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A mother of three, newly elected Saltora MLA, Chandana Bauri, who followed in her husband s footsteps and joined the saffron camp around five years ago, had never imagined she would ever be called upon to represent her constituency.
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The BJP might have fallen flat on its ambition to rule Bengal, but the party found the most unlikely winner in a 30-year-old homemaker of humble means who scripted a stunning victory, trouncing her nearest TMC rival by a margin of over 4,000 votes.