Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
Amid ambush on TMC citadel, Mamata asks voters not to vote for those from Hyderabad, Furfura Sharif ANI | Updated: Apr 03, 2021 18:32 IST
By Pragya Kaushika
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): Considered a bastion of Trinamool Congress, South 24 Parganas on Saturday saw Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee asking voters not let their votes get divided .
In Raidighi, the TMC supremo called on Muslims to not vote for person who has come from Hyderabad and a young boy from Furfura Sharif.
She was apparently referring to AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi and Abbas Siddiqui, a cleric and head of Furfura Sharif who has floated the Indian Secular Front (ISF). ISF is part of Sanjukta Morcha that also includes the Left parties and Congress.
Despite Amphan Misgovernance, TMC Likely to Retain South 24 Parganas
Additionally, TMCâs biggest strength here is their organisation, which might give the party an advantage over BJP.
Canvasing of a BJP candidate on Kachiberia road. Photo: Himadri Ghosh
Reportage3 hours ago
South 24 Parganas, Bengal: Paltu Biswas of Srichanda gram panchayat, Mograhat 1 block in South 24 Parganas district, was extremely angry with the Trinamool Congress (TMC) as he levelled charges of
durniti (corruption) and
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chors (thieves) have siphoned all the money during Amphan. Those people who lost their house didnât get the money, while TMC men with two-storey houses got the compensation. After some intervention, some people received Rs 5,000 instead of Rs 20,000 as promised by the government,â said Biswas.
BJP playing divisive politics along with AIMIM, ISF in West Bengal, says Mamata ANI | Updated: Apr 03, 2021 12:53 IST
South 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], April 3 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party of playing divisive politics in the state, adding that BJP has incentivised All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) and Indian Secular Front (ISF) to play a part in the same.
While addressing a public meeting at Raidighi stadium, Mamata said, Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs and Christians are saying Hare Krishna hare hare, Trinamool ghare ghare. BJP says hare Krishna hare hare, Hindu, Muslim bhaag kare, Scheduled Castes (SC) ko bhaag kare. They are destroying Bengal.
Debashree Roy was scheduled to join the BJP in 2019 but her plans got scuttled after TMC turncoat and former Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee and his friend Baisakhi Bandopadhyay opposed her induction into the saffron camp.