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. trolling. BJP tmc CPM cong work for them. I have cam- of Trinamool Congress won coal scam case. gation. A designated court in Asansol Dakshin, which was “I have always raised (my) paigned here earlier but I am the seat by defeating Hemant He was granted bail in con- Delhi later sent him to the ED the constituency of singer and voice against injustice from out- 6,33,378 4,35,741 87,608 21,038 overwhelmed at the love from Prabhakar from the Communist nection with the cattle smug- custody for 6 days. BJP politician Babul Supriyo side. Now, I will be doing that as these people. she said Party of India (Marxist) with a gling case till May 3 on the con- Earlier, the CBI had issued for the Lok Sabha elections, has a part of the system. I will work ing sides. They have become knew that so many people out When asked Paul wheth- margin of 14,283 votes. dition that he appears before the an arrest warrant against another star fighting for a win. as Mamata Banerjee’s soldier the new-age Brutus and are of Kolkata love and appreciate er she is under pressure to In 2011, Tapas Banerjee won CBI on the same date. Justice Mishra in the case and a desig- Trinamool Congress (TMC) has and will spread her messages spreading humiliating narra- my work so much,” Ghosh said. fight another artiste, she said the seat by defeating Ashok Subhasis Dasgupta, hearing nated court in Kolkata issued put up actor Saayoni Ghosh all across the state,” she said. tives about her. Joining TMC She said, “The result of the her fight is against Mamata Kumar Mukherjee from the Mishra’s petition seeking to a non-bailable warrant (NBW) from the constituency while The actor said “Mamata now is my way of showing that Lok Sabha election does not Banerjee and not the candidate. Communist Party of India quash the proceedings against against him. Mishra has been BJP has fielded Agnimitra Paul, Banerjee has given me a big Mamata Banerjee is not alone matter. Assembly election is “She could not be the daugh- (Marxist) with a margin of him, directed the TMC leader summoned by the central agen- a prominent fashion designer responsibility and interestingly in the fight against fascism,” fought on the local issues. The ter of Bengal. Bengal wants its 28541 votes. to be present before the CBI on cies multiple times to date but and the president of BJP Mahila I am adapting to this new jour- Ghosh said. BJP is only counting on the face own daughter, not pishi (aunt),” Asansol Dakshin Assembly May 3. has failed to join the investi- Morcha in Bengal and CPI(M) ney quite organically. Just that “When I was trolled by BJP of Prime Minister Narendra Paul said. constituency is falling under Mishra, an alleged close asso- gation in the cattle smuggling fielded Prashanta Ghosh. the former is reel and the latter supporters, she stood by me. Modi. Only banking on Modi “My fight is against Mamata the Asansol Lok Sabha constit- ciate of Mamta Banarjee’s neph- across the India-Bangladesh Ghosh had joined the TMC is real.” She will always have my back,” will not help in this election Banerjee and her government. uency. ew Abhishek Banarjee is an border. in February in the presence She pointed out that joining she said. and in the long run for the BJP. Unemployment and women In the 2019 Lok Sabha elec- accused in the contentious coal The CBI had earlier carried of Chief Minister Mamata TMC is her way of supporting a “I was under the impression “Didi (Mamata Banerjee) has safety issues have taken a tions, Bharatiya Janata Party smuggling case that is being out raids at multiple locations Banerjee at a party meeting in party that can counter the BJP that I have always had a very always upheld the importance back seat in her regime. It is an candidate Babul Supriya won probed by two central agen- in West Bengal, including Dunlop. nationally. niche audience. But after com- of women in each realm of the extremely sad sight for parents from Asansol Lok Sabha (MP) cies - Enforcement Directorate Mishra’s premises. A lookout Confident about her victory “It is sad to see how people, ing here and starting the cam- society and politics. BJP lags to see that despite getting the Seat with the margin of 197637 and the Central Bureau of notice was also issued against she said that the local leader- who had landed important paign my views have entirely far behind. The BJP neither right education, their kids are votes by defeating Sreemati Investigation. The CBI has Mishra and all the airports, ship of the TMC is standing portfolios while being close to changed. I am getting an over- has women’s representation unemployed,” she said. (Moon Moon) Dev Varma (sen) already recorded statements ports and borders have been shoulder to shoulder with her Mamata Banerjee, now switch- whelming response. I never nor has respect for women. Bordering Jharkhand, this from Trinamool Congress. of Abhishek Banarjee’s wife alerted regarding the same. Twenty-six per cent of candidates in Anubrata under I-T scanner chronicle news service He was been asked to submit phase seven have criminal cases: ADR documents of his income and Kolkata: TMC’s Anubrata expenditure account along with MAHASWETA DAS declared asset value of over Mondal and four of his rela- tax returns. Rs. 67 crore (67,22,90,370), while tives are under the scanner However, Mandal claimed Kolkata: With the sixth phase Durgapur Purba constituency of Income Tax department that he has not received any of voting in West Bengal As- in Paschim Bardhaman, BSP due to unaccounted property. notice. The leader has been 90 prisoners sembly election concluded on candidate Suresh Prasad has Amid the ongoing polls in the asked to respond to the notice Thursday for 43 seats across declared the lowest asset value state the I-T department has within the next one week. four districts, there are just of Rs. 1,000. sent notices to the Birbhum According to the Income Tax vaccinated two more phases remain till Among the 284 candidates, Trinamool district president Department, he has unaccount- Anusree Chakraborty the counting day on May 2. As 134 (47%) candidates have and his relatives. The politi- ed assets in Birbhum, Asansol, 36 constituencies go to vote on declared to have an educational cal leader is accused of hav- Anubrata Mondal. Purulia and Bankura. kolkata: While Central and Monday, the Association of qualification of being a graduate ing unaccounted and high-in- an investigation started after Sources claimed that the dis- State governments and the Democratic Reforms (ADR) or above. Other 143 (50%) can- come assets. they received a complaint about trict president used to transfer medical experts are empha- has released an analysis of them as per their affidavits. cies where 3 or more contesting didates have declared on their Sources in the department the discrepancies in Mandal’s ownership of his unaccounted sizing on vaccination, a good the self-sworn affidavits of all Out of the 73 candidates, 60 candidates have declared crim- affidavits to have educational revealed that some months back income. property to his relatives. initiative was undertaken by the 284 candidates contesting have declared to have serious inal cases against themselves. qualification between 5th and the Baruipur Sub-Divisional in this phase. criminal cases against them- The ADR analysis also 12th standard. While six candi- administration. As many as According to the analysis, selves among which 18 can- reported on other details like dates are diploma holders, one Metro service curtailed BJP activist’s 90 prisoners were given the out of 284 candidates, 73 have didates have cases related to financial background, educa- candidate is just literate. Covid-19 vaccination at the declared to have criminal cases crime against women. While 3 tion, age and gender. As per the Out of the 284 candidates, 98 chronicle news service Kabi Subhash and Dakshine- body found correctional home strictly against them, which mean that candidates have declared that report, out of 284 candidates, have declared their age to be swar. Weekends will see 218 complying with all protocols 26% of them have been charged they have cases related to mur- 65 (23%) are crorepatis, which between 25 to 40 years, while Kolkata: Kolkata: Owing to trains plying. and SOPs. with criminal offences. As the der (IPC Section-302) against means that they have declared 139 candidates have said their the rise in Covid cases, Kolk- The department had to before polls According to officials, there analysis goes, 9 out of 13 candi- them, 14 of them have declared their asset values to be more age is between 41 to 60 years. ata Metro Rail employees are take such step as drivers are asansol: BJP activist’s body are 1,012 prisoners in all housed dates from Communist Party cases related to attempt to mur- than Rs.1 crore. Among these There are 47 candidates who also being affected. In lieu of testing positive. The metro was recovered in Jamuria at the Baruipur Correctional of India (Marxist)(CPI-M), 19 der (IPC Section-307) against 26 are from TMC, 11 from INC, have declared their age in that metro railway through schedule will also change. The Assembly constituency three Home. To make the prisoners out of 36 Trinamool Congress themselves. 13 from BJP and 1 from CPI(M). their affidavits to be between a release announced the cur- Dakhineswar-Dum Dum route days before polls. aware of the pandemic, the jail (TMC) candidates, 19 out of Also, among the 36 constit- The average assets per candi- 61 to 80 years. Also, for the sev- tailment of services from will see its first train leaving at The BJP alleged that the officials raised the awareness 36 candidates from Bharatiya uencies going for election in date have been estimated to be enth phase of the polling, the April 26. Out of the 256 metros 8:20 am. Kabi Subhas will see cadre was killed and hanged level of the inmates through Janata Party (BJP) and 9 out the seventh phase of polling in Rs. 1.22 crore. TMC candidate contesting candidates have that operate on working days the first metro leave at 8:20. The as a planned incident. various mediums especially of 19 Indian National Congress West Bengal, 13 are Red alert Jakir Hossain of Jangipur only 37 (13%) female candidates, 237 will runs from Monday. last train from Dakshineswar BJP candidate for Jamuria through television in each cell. (INC) candidates have declared constituencies. Red alert con- constituency in Murshidabad which mean the other 247 are There will be 161 trains in- will leave at 8:56 on weekdays Assembly Tapash Roy has The Superintendent of the to have criminal cases against stituencies are those constituen- tops the list with the highest male candidates. stead of 173 running between and Dumdum will leave at 9:10. demanded an investigation into correctional home, Asitbaran the incident within 24 hours. Naskar, said, “When a new A large number of police and prisoner arrives, temperature central forces were deployed to is checked, sanitizers and masks control the escalating tension are provided to him. New pris- Covid Warrior Club back in action as cases surge in the area. oners are kept in isolation cells The deceased was identified for a few days. During their stay agencies declined. Now that cases have Lake stadium where several were admitted in various as Kiranjan Ghosh, 30. if any prisoner shows any symp- shot up again, I was asked such warriors were staying,” government-run and private According to police sourc- tom, he is sent to the jail hospital kolkata: It is 8am on Fri- to join from April 20,” said said Bapan Dewan, a club hospitals. Members of the es, Ghosh, a resident of for treatment.” day and there is a flurry of Tohidul Mollah, 19, member member from Murshidabad club are mostly deployed in Alinagar village in Jamuria To create awareness among activity at the Vivekananda of the Covid Warrior Club district. the city-based hospitals where No. 2 block, a constituency of prisoners promotional posters Yuba Bharati Krirangan in and attached to Sambhunath The daily count of Covid- the rush of patients is higher. Pandabeshwar police station are pasted outside each cell. Salt Lake, one of the largest Pandit Hospital. 19 cases in the state shot “We are back in action to of Asansol Durgapur Police stadiums in India. It was in June 2020, when up to 11,948 on Thursday help in the fight against the Commissionerate. A group of young people, the first wave of the pandem- and the government is second wave. When the first He is known in the area as Covid Watch who had survived the first ic had struck, that the West more than willing to wave had hit and people were an active BJP member. wave of Covid-19 last year, Bengal government started have the volunteers back. scared to go near Covid-19 According to family sources, In Bengal are getting ready to join Covid Warrior Clubs which “Covid Warriors were patients, we attended to them; Ghosh did not return home on Active: 74,737 their duty at various state- comprised mostly young peo- engaged on a contractual basis helping them with food and Thursday night. Recovered: 6,28,218 6,878 run hospitals in the city ple who had survived Covid- against a monthly remuner- medicines, sometimes tak- On Friday morning, his Deceased: 10,825 59 after a gap of almost four 19. They were stationed as ation of RS 15,000. Now that ing them to the toilet and at body was found hanging from A patient being admitted to M.R. Bangur Hospital on Friday. PURBADRI DAS Confirmed: 7,13,780 11,948 months. attendants in various hospi- cases have surged, their con- times, boosting their morale a tree in a secluded place near “It was on January 20 tals to help doctors and nurs- of cases began dropping, their to less than 200 early this year. tracts have been renewed till as we had survived the disease the house. Locals gathered in Across India this year that I had last es in the treatment Covid-19 services were not needed any- The state-run hospital, where I May 31,” said a senior govern- ourselves,” said Mukhtar Sk, the area after receiving the Active: 24,28,616 been attached to any hospi- patients. There were around more. “Most of us were asked was stationed along with a few ment official. a 34-year-old member of the news of the incident. Asansol- Recovered: 1,36,48,159 1,93,279 tal treating Covid patients. 680 of such warriors from to go home when the cases others, even stopped giving us The state had around 63,500 club attached to the Covid Durgapur Police DCP Abhishek Deceased: 1,86,920 2,263 Thereafter, I was asked to go across the state. dropped from around 4,000 lunch. Dinner and breakfast active cases till April 21 out of ward in the state-run NRS Gupta came to the spot along Confirmed: 1,62,63,695 3,32,921 home as Covid-19 cases had However, once the number per day in October last year were, however, served at Salt which around 6,700 patients Medical College and Hospital. with huge police and central force. cns