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The Bharatiya Janta Party connected Monday (March 30) enactment up a agreed beforehand arsenic Suvendu Adhikari filed his information for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections. Former BJP State president Dilip Ghosh accompanied the Leader of Opposition arsenic helium filed his information for his candidature successful Nandigram.
For these high-stakes polls, the BJP has fielded him from 2 seats, 1 successful Nandigram, from wherever helium defeated Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee successful 2021. He is besides contesting from Bhawanipur, the location constituency of Ms. Banerjee, wherever she has won successful each past 3 elections since she came to powerfulness overthrowing the Left.
Mr. Adhikari filed his information to the sub-divisional serviceman (SDO) astatine Haldia successful Purba Medinipur district. He was accompanied by Mr. Ghosh and Union curate Dharmendra Pradhan. They took retired a rally connected his mode to record the nomination.
“There volition surely beryllium a BJP sarkar (government) successful Bengal this time. I besides committedness that conscionable similar Nandigram, Mamata Banerjee volition besides suffer from Bhawanipur this time,” Mr. Adhikari said earlier helium formally filed his nomination.
Even though Mr. Ghosh was erstwhile sidelined successful the BJP, up of the Assembly polls they are seen putting up a agreed beforehand against the ruling Trinamool Congress.
Along with the LoP, 2 different candidates from Purba Medinipur’s Mahishadal and Haldia besides filed their nomination.
West Bengal is going to polls connected April 23 and 29. The archetypal volition person elections successful 152 seats and the 2nd signifier volition screen 142 seats. The past day for filing information for the archetypal signifier is April 6, and April 9 for the 2nd phase. The ballot counting is connected May 4.
Meanwhile, BJP enactment besides accused Ms. Banerjee of threatening voters and intimidating them. They besides filed a ceremonial ailment with the Election Commission against the issue.
“A bid of sedate and disturbing nationalist statements made by the Chief Minister of West Bengal, Ms. Mamata Banerjee, during the ongoing electoral process, delivered across
multiple nationalist rallies,” the missive stated. They accused that it was successful nonstop usurpation of the Model Code of Conduct that is imposed connected each State aft the elections are declared.
They asked the ECI to instrumentality contiguous enactment against Ms. Banerjee’s comments and asked her to beryllium barred from taking portion successful the predetermination campaigns.
A delegation of the BJP’s elder enactment went to the ECI bureau successful Delhi. Lok Sabha MP Sukanta Majumdar accused that retired of desperation the CM is present “threatening voters.”
“They privation to incite specified unit that radical are forced to accidental that they bash not enactment the BJP. They are threatening voters due to the fact that Mamata Banerjee is frightened that she is losing this election,” Mr. Majumdar said.
