Trinamool sweeps Bengal by-polls

Mamata says BJP’s ‘politics of arrogance’ rejected

With Trinamool Congress achieved a perfect score in the by-polls to three seats in West Bengal, chief minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday said it is the victory of people who have rejected the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). “This is a victory of people. This is a victory of development. Politics of arrogance will not work. People have rejected the BJP,” Banerjee was quoted as saying by news agency ANI.

“People have voted against BJP because the party they voted for at the national level is asking them to prove that they are Indian citizens,” Banerjee said.

Trinamool’s Tapan Deb Sinha won the Kaliaganj seat by defeating Kamal Chandra Sarkar of the BJP by 2,304 votes. TMC candidate won the Kharagpur seat by 20,853 votes. This the first time Trinamool has won these two seats.

In Karimpur, the ruling party candidate won by more than 24,000 votes.

The Kharagpur Sadar seat in West Midnapore district fell vacant after sitting legislator Dilip Ghosh was elected to Lok Sabha in the April-May general elections.

The by-poll to the Karimpur seat in Nadia district is necessitated because of TMC legislator Mohua Moitra’s election to Lok Sabha from Krishnanagar. The bypoll to Kaliaganj in North Dinajpur became necessary after the death of sitting Congress MLA Pramatha Nath Roy.

The TMC tweeted that the BJP’s days are numbered in Bengal. “This is the first time we are winning in Kharagpur and Kaliaganj. Minorities, Adivasis, Rajbanshi—everyone has voted for us. Courtesy is the culture of Bengal,” it said.

 

 

Trinamool sweeps Bengal by-polls

Mamata says BJPs politics of arrogance rejected

With Trinamool Congress achieved a perfect score in the by-polls to three seats in West Bengal, chief minister Mamata Banerjee yesterday said it is the victory of people who have rejected the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). This is a victory of people. This is a victory of development. Politics of arrogance will not work. People have rejected the BJP, Banerjee was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. People have voted against BJP because the party they voted for at the national level is asking them to prove that they are Indian citizens, Banerjee said. Trinamools Tapan Deb Sinha won the Kaliaganj seat by defeating Kamal Chandra Sarkar of the BJP by 2,304 votes. TMC candidate won the Kharagpur seat by 20,853 votes. This the first time Trinamool has won these two seats. In Karimpur, the ruling party candidate won by more than 24,000 votes. The Kharagpur Sadar seat in West Midnapore district fell vacant after sitting legislator Dilip Ghosh was elected to Lok Sabha in the April-May general elections. The by-poll to the Karimpur seat in Nadia district is necessitated because of TMC legislator Mohua Moitras election to Lok Sabha from Krishnanagar. The bypoll to Kaliaganj in North Dinajpur became necessary after the death of sitting Congress MLA Pramatha Nath Roy. The TMC tweeted that the BJPs days are numbered in Bengal. This is the first time we are winning in Kharagpur and Kaliaganj. Minorities, Adivasis, Rajbanshieveryone has voted for us. Courtesy is the culture of Bengal, it said.