SATURDAY, KOLKATA BengalChronicle APRIL 24, 2021 3 EC seeks report THE retired army veteran is facing a three-corner contest in this Assembly seat Home Secy on two firing chairs meet to incidents tackle Covid KOLKATA: The Election Com- Gen Saha looks to win on a BJP ticket mission has sought reports KOLKATA: A high-level meet- into two incidents of firing AGENCIES knowledge of the matter. tion with a margin of about 650 that falls under South Kolkata ing was held in Nabanna on in North 24 Parganas during The BJP in its fight against AT A GLANCE votes in the year of 2000. He is Parliamentary constituency. Friday to address the rising polls on Thursday: the first ormer deputy chief the ruling TMC government also the Member Mayor in But in the past two years, the Corona situation in the state. by the state police, in which of army staff Lt Gen is aiming to combine patriotic RASHBEHARI 2021 Council of Parks & Gardens, popularity of BJP has reached During the meeting, Home two people were injured, and (retired) Subrata Saha sentiments with Bengali sen- Sports, Advertisement, Parking the rock bottom level as per Secretary Harikrishna Dwive- the other an allegation of fir- looks to win from timents in the ongoing West CANDIDATE LIST & Hawker’s Rehabilitation political experts. di reviewed and discussed the ing by central forces. Rashbehari Assembly Bengal elections. According to Schemes, Urban Forestry During Covid and Amphan, situation in the state with dis- The former incident, at constituency in South political observers, Mr Saha is TRINAMOOL CONGRESS DEbasISH KUMAR of the Kolkata Municipal Mr Kumar played a major role trict magistrates. The meeting Bagdah, was confirmed by Kolkata. Facing a three-cor- fielded as one of the most qual- Corporation. in ensuring that food reaches also laid special emphasis on the cops themselves, where- ner contest, BJP candidate Mr ified face of the BJP for the BHaraTIYA JANTA parTY GEN. SUbraTA SAHA Kumar, a local boy, is close the houses of the Covid vic- developing the infrastructure as the district administra- Saha is expected to win from Rashbehari constituency. LEFT-CONG ALLIANCE ASHUTOSH CHATTErjEE to all the people of the area, and tims daily. Because of his ini- of district hospitals for treat- tion dismissed the latter, Rashbehari seat as he is pitted “My priority is to ensure the over the past one decade, he has tiatives, the branches of trees ment those infected with the at Ashokenagar, as “a ru- against four-time councillor of security of my people, and this RESULTS OF 2019 LOK SABHA ELECTIONS remained the undisputed leader that fell during Amphan and virus. mour”. Kolkata Municipal Corporation includes not just the right to be of the area. Locals claim that had blocked the main thorough- In order to increase the num- According to a senior dis- (KMC) Debasish Kumar and safe physically, but also to grow BJP TMC CPM CONG they always find him by their fare had been cleared within ber of hospital beds and ICUs, trict police officer, a police Indian National Congress (INC) and prosper,” Mr Saha said. 4,17,927 5,73,119 1,40,275 42,618 side. The ensuing election will 24 hours after the storm hit it has been instructed to keep patrol came under attack by nominee Ashutosh Chatterjee. “The party has released its witness a fight between the local Kolkata on May 20, 2020. the supply of oxygen adequate, a 150-strong mob, injuring Currently a member of the manifesto, which has facts and boy and an ‘outsider.’ Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay administrative sources said. three policemen, including National Security Advisory figures and doesn’t beat around Defence Academy, Mr Saha Banerjee vacated it to contest BJP has fielded Dr. Subrata was elected from the seat twice The Home Secretary also the Bagdah OC, when they Board, Mr Saha is known to the bush. Many of these promis- retired as the deputy chief of from Nandigram. Saha, a voter of Asansol North in 2011 and 2016. In 2011, he won directed the meeting to keep an tried to break up a clash. have played a pivotal role in es have been delivered in other army staff. He is popularly known by the Assembly constituency under by over 30,000 votes and in 2016 eye on the cremation of the dead. In the latter incident, the Prime Minister Narendra Modi states. We have the direction Former Lt Gen, who grew up nickname Debada. Out of which the impression that even if a he won by 14, 500 votes. He also directed the districts poll panel has sought a re- government’s Make in India already set, and I am hoping to in Bengal, can speak Bengali two times he won with his own lamp post is nominated people Rashbehari Assembly to focus on public awareness port on how two people re- programme, defence procure- work for my people,” he said. fluently despite being away formed party “Jora Pata”, and will stand in long queues on the constituency is falling under and asked to take strict action ceived bullet injuries even ment and rescue operations in Mr Saha said besides safety from the state due to his career. two times with Trinamool day of the poll to cast their vote Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha against norm violators. though the district adminis- Kashmir floods in 2014. of people, the way West Bengal In Rashbehari, an urban seat Congress. Mr Kumar is also the in favour of Saha. constituency. In 2019 Lok Sabha The situation is better in tration has denied reports of He worked extensively to have been deprived of central in South Kolkata, the Trinamool district president of Trinamool The whole calculation is elections, All India Trinamool many districts surrounding firing. integrate Kashmiris with schemes with respect to health, Congress (AITC) has fielded its Congress in Kolkata South. based on the performance of the Congress candidate Mala Roy the city. The district magis- The Bagdah incident hap- India, by opening up army infrastructure and farmers’ wel- councillor Debashish Kumar, He has begun his political party in the 2019 Lok Sabha elec- won from Kolkata Dakshin Lok trates have been asked to take pened when the police respond- recruitment to Kashmiri fare, needs to be corrected. after sitting MLA for two terms, career as a member of the stu- tion, where the party contender Sabha (MP) Seat with the mar- necessary steps to prevent the ed to a clash at Ranoghat, near youth and fighting the anti-In- Studied at Sainik School in Sovandeb Chattopadhyay, was dent wing of the Indian National got 5,000 more votes than the gin of 1,55,192 votes by defeat- spread of new infections and booths 35 and 36 at Ranoghat dia propaganda in the Valley, Purulia in West Bengal and moved to Bhabanipur constitu- Congress in the year of 1978. Trinamool nominee Mala Roy ing Chandra Kumar Bose from send daily reports to the Health Primary School. CNS according to people with later went to the National ency when party Chief Mamata Mr Kumar won his first elec- from the Rashbehari segment Bharatiya Janata Party. Department. CNS Industrial belt to see riveting battle as celebrities up the heat CBI summons prime AGENCIES during the campaign and help- They are more words and less constituency is the hub of coal accused in coal scam ing her to increase her reach. AT A GLANCE about works,” Ghosh added. On mining and railway activi- KOLKATA: The second largest Saayoni -- who has starred the other hand, BJP candidate ties, besides other businesses AGENCIES Ruling party’s Vinay city and urban agglomeration in movies like Ekla Cholo, ASANSOL DAKHIN 2021 Agnimitra Paul is considered to and industries. Asansol, with ›Mishra was granted in West Bengal after Kolkata, Rajkahini -- made headlines be one of the prominent women its multi-ethnic, multi-reli- KOLKATA: In a big development the industrial belt of Asansol in January this year when CANDIDATE LIST leaders in the Bengal BJP. The gious demography has seen to the coal smuggling case, bail in the cattle smug- in West Bardhaman district former governor of Tripura, women in BJP have to take a sustained hold over it by the CBI on Friday issued sum- gling case till May 3. is expected to witness an in- Meghalaya and Arunachal TRINAMOOL CONGRESS SAAYONI GHOSH on their political opponent’s the CPI(M) since 1984. Before mon to prime accused TMC teresting electoral battle in Pradesh Tathagata Roy had campaign, which is based on that, it was a tale of fluctuat- leader Vinay Mishra, a day af- and other relatives in the case. the assembly elections. filed an FIR against her for BHaraTIYA JANTA parTY AGNIMITra PAUL the TMC’s campaign theme: ing fortune for the CPI(M) and ter he was granted bail by the The ED on Tuesday arrested Two-star candidates compet- hurting Hindu sentiments. LEFT-CONG ALLIANCE PrasHANTA GHOSH “Bangla nijer meye kei chaye”. the Congress. However, the Calcutta High Court. Mishra Mishra’s brother Bikas in con- ing against each other in the The actor has recently been “I am the bumiputra (daugh- Trinamool Congress emerged will have to appear before the nection with the coal smuggling Asansol Dakshin seat, which in the news over her remarks RESULTS OF 2019 LOK SABHA ELECTIONS ter) of Asansol. The people here as a formidable force since 1998. agency on May 3 to join the in- case. Bikas Mishra was arrested is considered a heavy-weight against the BJP and subsequent feel that their daughter will In 2016, Tapas Banerjee terrogation on the multi-crore from Delhi after a brief interro- position.