Denied ticket by Mamata Banerjee, TMC MLA Sonali Guha all set to hitch BJP

TMC MLA Sonali Guha, who was denied a ticket by her get together on Saturday, is all set to hitch the BJP.
BJP sources stated that Guha has had a dialog with BJP chief Mukul Roy and can formally be part of BJP throughout the rally on the Brigade Parade Ground in Kolkata which can be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday.
Guha, a four-time MLA from Satgachia in South 24 Parganas, as soon as a member of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s innermost circle. The TMC has introduced the candidature of Mohan Chandra Naskar from that seat.
Soon after Guha was denied a ticket on Saturday, she had damaged into tears and expressed her disappointment at being dropped from the listing of candidates. “I only wish good sense dawns upon Mamata,” she stated.
Referring to Guha’s exclusion whereas asserting the listing of candidates on Friday, Banerjee had stated, “We could not give a ticket to Sonali as she is not well. She has high sugar.”
Guha was amongst at the least 28 sitting MLAs who’ve been denied tickets by the TMC this time, with the get together led by Mamata Banerjee attempting to undertaking new faces.
Among the opposite sitting MLAs who have been dropped are additionally Jatu Lahiri, Rabindranath Bhattacharya and Rafikur Rahaman.
Dissent brewing amongst MLAs denied tickets by TMC
Guha was not the one one amongst these dropped to specific her resentment in opposition to the get together. TMC’s Shibpur MLA Jatu Lahiri has been neglected this time, with the get together fielding cricketer Manoj Tiwary from the seat.
Unhappy with the transfer, Lahiri advised reporters that regardless of being a “loyal soldier” of the TMC he was ignored by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
“More than not getting the nomination, I am hurt that an outsider having no links with the electorate has got the nomination just days after being inducted into the party. It seems we are not required by the TMC anymore. I am leaving the organisation,” he stated.
TMC has nominated former cricketer Manoj Tiwary from the Shibpur seat in Howrah. Lahiri, a veteran politician, additionally hinted that he could be part of the BJP. However, BJP sources stated that there was no details about Lahiri becoming a member of the get together.
Denying tickets to sitting MLAs led to protests from their followers in several elements of the state on Friday.
At Natunhat, many get together staff who’ve adopted Arabul Islam, a TMC strongman and former MLA from Bhangar, through the years blocked roads by torching wood chairs and automobile tyres in entrance of the TMC get together workplace.
Similar scenes unfolded in North 24 Pargana’s Amdanga, 35 km from Kolkata, the place supporters of two-time MLA Rafiqur Rahman blocked the NH-34 in protest after Rahman was denied a ticket.
Traffic motion was fully stopped for over two hours and even when central safety forces intervened, a gaggle of males with TMC flags stored elevating slogans in assist of Rahman.
There have been additionally reviews of get together staff being sad with TMC’s resolution to subject Omprakash Mishra, a professor of worldwide relations at Jadavpur University who joined TMC in 2019 after an extended stint with the Congress.
Among the opposite huge TMC leaders who have been neglected are Rabindranath Bhattacharya, Moinuddin Shams and Dipendu Biswas.
In an indirect reference to TMC’s resolution to subject Becharam Manna from Singur and his spouse Korbi Manna from Haripal, Bhattacharya stated, “People from the same family were nominated in both the constituencies. You can understand how the party is working.”
While asserting the listing of candidates at her Kalighat residence on Friday, Banerjee stated that in view of the Covid-19 disaster, tickets haven’t been given this time to those that are greater than 60 years of age.