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The seat choice for Yusuf Pathan got here after due consideration by TMC boss Mamata Banerjee, who was searching for a robust Muslim face to tackle Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. (Picture: @iamyusufpathan/X)
TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee introduced the names of candidates for all 42 seats of West Bengal on Sunday dropping seven incumbent MPs and introducing quite a few new faces, together with former cricketer Yusuf Pathan
BJP tore into TMC for fielding former Indian cricketer Yusuf Pathan from the Berhampore Lok Sabha seat within the upcoming polls saying the Mamata Banerjee-led social gathering is bringing “outsiders” to struggle in elections. TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee introduced the names of candidates for all 42 seats of West Bengal on Sunday dropping seven incumbent MPs and introducing a number of new faces, together with former cricketer Yusuf Pathan.
BJP Reacts to Yusuf Pathan’s Lok Sabha Candidacy
West Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar identified that TMC candidates Kirti Azad and Yusuf Pathan aren’t from the state.
“Simply half an hour earlier than TMC’s record was introduced, Abhishek Banerjee was making statements just like the BJP is anti-Bengal. Now, when the candidates are introduced, it’s clear that TMC is bringing individuals from exterior. I don’t know if Kirti Azad and Yusuf Pathan are Bengali, Yusuf Pathan is from Gujarat, and so is PM Modi, however for them, PM Modi is an outsider,” he mentioned.
#WATCH | Sandeshkhali, North 24 Parganas: West Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar says, “Simply half an hour earlier than the TMC’s record was introduced, Abhishek Banerjee was making statements like BJP is anti-Bengal. Now, when the candidates are introduced, it’s clear that TMC is… pic.twitter.com/jDFEhPZOkv— ANI (@ANI) March 10, 2024
“They (TMC) don’t have any candidates and therefore they’ve given the ticket to a sitting minister. INDIA alliance is nothing however a ship and not using a captain. It’s CM Mamata Banerjee’s technique and likewise she is in concern that no different chief will get a lot significance that one can grow to be a much bigger chief than Mamata Banerjee and Abhishek Banerjee, therefore they provide tickets to actresses in order that her nephew continues to be a politician,” he added.
Congress Reacts to Yusuf Pathan’s Lok Sabha Candidacy
Congress chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury at the moment represents the Baharampur Lok Sabha seat. He has been holding the seat for years.
The Congress, nonetheless, hasn’t but declared Chowdhury as its candidate for the seat.
“If TMC needed to honour Yusuf Pathan, they need to’ve despatched him to the Rajya Sabha as a substitute of sending ‘outsiders’,” Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury mentioned, including that Mamata Banerjee ought to have requested the INDIA alliance to discipline him from Gujarat, his residence state.
#WATCH | Murshidabad, West Bengal: Chief of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Chowdhury says, “If TMC needed to honour Yusuf Pathan, they need to’ve despatched him to the Rajya Sabha as a substitute of sending ‘outsiders’… If Mamata Banerjee had good intentions for Yusuf Pathan, she would have… pic.twitter.com/hbV3D42aTo— ANI (@ANI) March 10, 2024
“If Mamata Banerjee had good intentions for Yusuf Pathan, she would have requested alliance (INDIA alliance) for a seat for him (Yusuf Pathan) in Gujarat. However right here in West Bengal, he’s chosen as a candidate to polarise the widespread man and to assist the BJP, in order that Congress might be defeated… Mamata Banerjee has confirmed immediately that not one of the political events of India ought to belief a pacesetter like her… Mamata Banerjee is in concern that if she continues to be within the INDIA alliance, PM Modi shall be sad. By separating herself from the INDIA alliance, she has despatched a message to the PMO, don’t be sad with me, I’m not standing to struggle in opposition to the BJP,” Chowdhury mentioned.
