Moon Moon Charm Fails Poll Muhurat
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ON THE THE ELECTION COMMISSION WILL My songs have kept me alive and kicking in Bollywood for so many NEED 35,000 VEHICLES IN THE STATE years. I can do anything with my songs and this time I want the MOVE THIS POLL SEASON lotus to bloom with my music | BAPPI LAHIRI Dance of Democracy BATTLEGROUND BENGAL | 17APR-12MAY, 2014 THE TIMES OF INDIA | KOLKATA | WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 2014 Moon Moon charm fails poll muhurat Pics: Sajal Mukherjee Jaideep Mazumdar & Falguni Banerjee TNN nerjee, was a pillar of strength and sup- Barely 2,000 People Attend Actress’ port. Her warmth and concern touched Bankura: Ei poth jodi na shesh hoy... me. She would adjust a pillow to make Moon Moon Sen doesn’t want the (new) my mother more comfortable,” said the road she’s taken to end. And she fre- First Campaign Rally In Bankura actress. quently invokes her Ma — the legendary “Mamata Banerjee has been fighting Suchitra Sen — and mentor Mamata Ba- like a man for the development of Ben- nerjee to appeal to the ‘maanush’ of Ban- gal. Now, I have joined the fight as her fol- kura to see her through the journey. lower,” she declared. Moon Moon crooned the popular Trinamool Chattra Parishad chief song from her mother’s film ‘Saptapadi’ Shankudeb Panda was seen giving her but the oomph was missing from the talking tips all through. Taking on crit- ‘muhurat’ of her political campaign at ics who lampoon film stars’ entry into politics, Moon Moon said: “There are many who ask what film stars can do for the people. We, actors, work very hard. Film stars are not fools, film stars are not For Moon Moon Sen, it was all about her cheap”. mother Suchitra Sen and Mamata Banerjee Moon Moon Sen, who graduated at the party workers’ meeting-cum-public from Oxford, admitted that it was “be- rally in Mejia on Tuesday yond her imagination that there could be any place in the world without wa- ance to be an unending one,” she said. ter”. She was referring to the acute wa- “I’ve come here as Suchitra Sen’s daugh- ter crisis in Bankura. Later, speaking to ter. I am from a different world, the film TOI, Moon Moon said that if elected, wa- world. But I have known hard work and ter supply would be her topmost priority. now am here to work for all of you,” she She said her commitment to Bankura told the gathered in accented Bangla. would be a lifelong one enough. At 66, she looked as charming as tory sign as ‘Ei poth jodi na shesh hoy’ Moon Moon invoked Suchitra as But her charm did not work with the Mejia, about 35km north of Bankura ever in a light orange chiffon saree and started playing on the public address much as she did Mamata.” When my crowds on Tuesday. Invoking Suchitra town, on a sweltering Tuesday morning. kept reminding the 2,000-odd people who system. mother was in hospital, a lady told me Sen also did not seem to elicit any re- The ‘first day, first show’ didn’t quite had gathered that she was Suchitra Moon Moon flashed a brilliant smile that she understood her decision to lead sponse. The only time there was a buzz generate the hype it was expected to. Sen’s daughter. The stage on the Mejia and latched on to this song to ask Banku- a secluded life. She told me that the icon- was when she mentioned Mamata. Wor- Billed as a party workers’ meeting-cum- football grounds had a large portrait of ra’s people to elect her to Lok Sabha. ic Uttam-Suchitra duo was deeply em- rying signs for Trinamool when Moon public rally, it failed to meet the mark of Suchitra. “I’m hearing this song after a long time. bedded in the Bengali psyche and as a Moon is pitted against nine-time CPM either. Moon Moon began by offering floral Just as in the song, I want this road that I Bengali, she just couldn’t stay away MP Basudeb Acharia. He has never been Not that Moon Moon didn’t try hard tributes to her mother and flashed a vic- have taken on Mamata Banerjee’s guid- from the hospital. That lady, Mamata Ba- defeated in Bankura in 34 years. Cops crack TMC workers heckle EC officials Govt officers want more down on bike Koushik Koley Rupak Banerjee TNN Municipality Corporation MMiC Binodananda Banerjee, rallies, 3 held Howrah: security after BDO row An election commis- councillor Bishwanath Das and sion (EC) team making rounds to Trinamool leader Indranil TIMES NEWS NETWORK Amar Kar pull down political posters from Chatterjee were passing by in a TIMES NEWS NETWORK government properties was al- car. Seeing the removal process, Barasat: At a time when the legedly manhandled by Trina- they protested. Das said: “We saw Kolkata:In the wake of an assault bid on model code of conduct is being mool supporters in Howrah on he was taking off only Trina- Habra BDO, around 40 WBCS officers of violated at will and the role of Tuesday. Trinamool workers, on mool posters whereas CPM flags five sub-divisions on Tuesday met North the administration is being the other hand, accused the were left intact. Seeing this, the 24-Parganas DM Sanjay Bansal and de- questioned for not taking squad leader, Soumen Acharya, workers got agitated. They de- manded tight security arrangement for proper action, the North 24- of targeting only Trinamool ban- manded to know the reason for government officials. Parganas police have started ners. partiality. When we challenged Sources said the officers raised the is- cracking down on bike rallies Around noon, Acharya took his authority, he couldn’t even sue out of insecurity over the alleged as- by stopping two campaign ral- an 11-member team to Swami Vi- produce an identity card. But he sault on BDO Dinabandhu Gayen. Gayen lies in Basirhat Town. Police vekananda Road under Shibpur A police officer intervene as Trinamool workers manhandle EC wasn’t heckled, the workers ver- was part of the meeting that lasted over even seized 21 bikes of party police station to remove political official Soumen Acharya (circled) in Howrah on Tuesday bally protested.” of half an hour. While the officers re- DM Sanjay Bansal with SP Tanmoy Roy cadres and detained three per- banners on government proper- However, Acharya said: “I fused to talk to reporters, Bansal claimed Chowdhury at the press meet on Tuesday sons. Locals, who raise protests ties. Acharya alleged that while turning officer — filed an FIR at Arup Roy said: “The person in was carrying a letter from the the meeting was a customary one. “It was several times to get rid of bike removing posters from lamp Shibpur police station against question wasn’t impartial. The DM but I haven’t yet got the EC an official meeting. The officers raised DM and SP assured them that the admin- gang menace, termed it as a posts and telephone wires, a “unknown Trinamool activists”. team consisted of members of a card. So I couldn’t show them. I the issue of security arrangement. I had istration will beef up the security ar- ‘bold step’. group of Trinamool activists at- “On basis of the complaint, a Leftist committee. He targeted was pushed around and the video a discussion with the SP and he has as- rangement for all officers on duty. On Monday evening, police tacked him. The EC team’s video police enquiry has been initi- Trinamool banners specifically. disk was forcibly taken away. I sured me of beefing up the security.” In view of the recent spate of attacks were tipped off a bike rally at recording cassette was also ated,” DC (headquarter) Nishat This generated public anger. I have shown no bias and I was The officers reportedly said they on officials, special security measures Ghona in Basirhat in the sup- snatched away. Soon, tension Pervez said. Howrah district re- condemn the hecklers as well as about to take off all the flags and were now afraid to take action against were also discussed and some suggesti- spread in the area and police turning officer and district ma- the official’s bias.” posters before I was attacked.” model code violations following the Ha- ons were noted down. “We want to do our rushed to the spot. Acharya was gistrate Subhanjan Das added: According to local residents, The DM reacted: “It’s a seri- bra BDO assault. That the attackers went duty but we can’t carry out the job if we We will take stern rescued from the agitated mob. “A report will be sent to the elec- there were several plexes of Ma- ous allegation. Since the video “scot-free” also worried them. are under constant threat. We raised this action if the election On the basis of Acharya’s com- tion commission.” mata Banerjee and Prasun Ba- has been snatched, we can’t eas- Sources said the officers requested issue and were told that our cover will be code of conduct is plaint, Howrah SDO Baniprasad Howrah district president of nerjee in the area. While the re- ily identify the accused. There that there be adequate police protection made stronger. Some ideas were also dis- Das — who was the assistant re- Trinamool and state minister moval was on, Howrah were reportedly 250 supporters.” for them, both before and after raids. The cussed and exchanged,” an officer said. violated in any way. As far as bike rallies are concerned, we won’t allow them till the end Audit slips for Jadavpur voters of the election Tanmoy Roy Chowdhury | TOI NORTH 24-PARGANAS SP Ajanta Chakraborty TNN casts his vote, will show which symbol and candidate the vote has gone to.