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  • West Bengal votes in mind, BJP may send Mithun da, Dona Ganguly to Rajya Sabha

    Express News Service

    NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is planning to nominate actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty and well-known Odissi dancer Dona Ganguly to the Rajya Sabha, sources said. The party expects the move to boost its prospects in West Bengal, they added. The duo will replace Rupa Ganguly and Swapan Dasgupta, whose terms came to an end recently. 

    Dona is the wife of former cricketer and current BCCI president Sourav Ganguly, who himself is said to be in the race. According to party insiders, the second seat would be given to either Dona or Sourav.

    Mithun Chakraborty had campaigned for the BJP in the last Assembly elections as well as the Lok Sabha bypolls. “He still has enormous magnetic appeal and it was seen during his campaign in the Asansol LS bypoll recently. He will certainly be an added advantage for us,” said a BJP leader with the caveat that only the top leadership can say anything on the record. Popularly known as ‘Disco Dancer’, a moniker conferred on him by his fans for his outstanding performance in the movie with the same name, has also become active in politics after a short gap. According to sources, he recently went to the West Bengal BJP office and expressed his willingness to spend time on party affairs in the state. 

    “Chakraborty’s nomination to the Rajya Sabha will not only give a strong message to the masses but it will also increase two votes for the upcoming vice-presidential elections,” said political analyst P K D Nambiar.

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    At present, the saffron party has no representative from West Bengal in the Rajya Sabha ahead of upcoming vice-presidential elections after the terms of Ganguly and Dasgupta ended recently.

    Speculations about the Ganguly couple’s Rajya Sabha prospects began after Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited their home during his last visit to the state and had dinner with them. The Gangulys have neither confirmed nor denied reports of their being considered for Rajya Sabha. 

  • Editorial :- Mamta Banerjee joins hands to stop the way Shah

    Roopa Ganguly hit the Chief Minister in Kolkata after being removed from the posters of Amit Shah in Kolkata. Rupa ji should understand that this is a good sign for the BJP.
    By removing the posters of the BJP in Calcutta, the TMC has sent a poster with Mamta’s posters and has conveyed the message that he is welcoming Amit Shah.
    Always in love, Mamta is now seen as a replacement. The way Hizbul Mujahideen said today that he is not an enemy of pilgrims. They will not target Amarnath pilgrims. In the same way Mamata is scattering after seeing the BJP’s tilt.
    Dr. Syama Prasad Mukherjee’s birth anniversary also has been celebrated by the Trinamool Congress for the first time at the government level. Mamta ji sent two of her representatives to that event. Statue of Mukherjee was also installed It is a matter of remembrance that in the response to Lillian’s idol in Tripura, it was done in Calcutta, where Dr. Shyamaprasad Mukherjee was hurt.
    Purulia will start with ‘Shah’ – the game of victory, Mamta will be able to save her fortune or saffron will be Bengal
    Today’s news is possible that Sukhmandu Shekhar Roy of Trinamool Congress will be the sitting candidate of the Opposition for the Deputy Chairman in the Rajya Sabha.
    If this happens and this sequence continues, then it is possible that the direct indirect Left parties and the Congress may also come with Mamata, in addition to the Congress and the Left parties, Mamata Banerjee herself is also scared to see the BJP’s expansion of power.
    From this point of view, the 2019 election will be between the BJP-TMC + Congress + Left in West Bengal.
    Shah’s assertion in Mamta’s fort, BJP in Target-26
    Amit Shah has set a target of putting 22 seats in BJP’s 42 seats in West Bengal. However, Shah has won a blue print from the Bengal BJP for winning 26 seats. While 2014 West Bengal has only two seats in the BJP. Union Minister Babul Suprio Asansol while SS Ahluwalia is a BJP MP from Darjeeling constituency.
    But in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP is focusing on the 26 seats of Bengal, most of which are from the tribal dominated districts of North Bengal, South Bengal and Jangalmahal.
    In 2014, Mamta Banerjee led TMC had won 34 seats while the Congress and CPM accounted for two seats in the same way as BJP. In the 2019 general election on the lines of the Assembly of West Bengal 2015, Congress and Left can contest elections jointly. Mamta will have to do two separate hands in both the elections from the BJP and the Congress in the general election. However, this coalition did not get the success in the assembly elections.
    Encouraged by this, Amit Shah’s target is now to win 26 seats in Mamta’s fort.
    Purulia will start with ‘Shah’ – the game of victory, Mamta will be able to save her fortune or saffron will be Bengal
    Mamta Banerjee is trying to surround her by raising the issue of law and order in the government. The BJP feels that political murder and poor law and order are a big issue due to chaos in the state.
    BJP President Amit Shah has reached West Bengal on a two-day tour on June 27. Meanwhile, Amit Shah will also discuss the party’s strategy in the state for two days and will also participate in several programs. BJP leaders and workers have to prepare for bigger battle.
    1. By removing the posters of the BJP in Calcutta, the TMC has sent a poster with Mamta’s posters and has conveyed the message that he is welcoming Amit Shah.
    2. Even celebrating Jayanti by Mamta Banerjee at the government level of Dr Shyama Prasad Mukherjee also indicates that it is possible that the BJP can reach its target.
    3. There is nothing impossible in politics, so if there is opposition unity in West Bengal for 2019, the contest will be interesting.