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BJP chief Suvendu Adhikari on Friday filed his nomination from the Nandigram Assembly constituency in opposition to his mentor-turned-opponent Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, and stated he was “100 per cent” assured of his win. Union ministers Dharmendra Pradhan and Smriti Irani additionally took half within the rally earlier than Adhikari filed the nomination papers. “I am 100 per cent confident of my victory in Nandigram. The people of the area are with me. I am the son of the soil,” he advised reporters.
Two days after CM Mamata Banerjee suffered an damage in Nandigram, Trinamool Congress delegation of six MPs in a proper grievance to the Election Commission alleged a “deep rooted BJP conspiracy” behind the assault and requested for an “immediate and unbiased” investigation of the identical. The delegation contains TMC MPs Dereck O’Brien, Saugata Roy, Satabdi Roy, Kakoli G. Dastidar, Pratima Mondal and Santunu Sen.
The BJP’s West Bengal marketing campaign consists of many elements. An important one is the little-known Shiv Prakash, an RSS pracharak deputed to the celebration in 2014 quickly after he had overseen its sweep of Western Uttar Pradesh within the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. With former ABVP chief Arvind Menon, Prakash has set the framework for the BJP within the state, working behind the scenes.
In December, Prakash, 53, was requested by BJP president J P Nadda to maneuver his headquarters from Delhi, and provides “special attention” to Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, moreover West Bengal. However, within the high-stakes battle for Bengal, he has been virtually completely stationed in Bengal. “After coming to the BJP I have spent more than 60% time in the state,” Prakash advised The Indian Express.
The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), the second largest celebration within the Congress-led UDF, on Friday introduced candidates for 25 Assembly seats, fielding a lady after greater than 20 years.
The celebration’s tally within the alliance, in the meantime, is as much as 27, from 24 within the final elections, after the exit of the Kerala Congress (M) and Loktantrik Janata Dal from the UDF. The candidates for 2 seats (Chadayamangalam and Punalur) could be introduced later.
The Congress, which is contesting at the least 90 seats, has not introduced its checklist of candidates but.
Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal goes into the Assembly elections on the head of a authorities that has held agency floor even because the state battled contentious points just like the preparation of the National Register of Citizens and the Citizenship (Amendment) Act. He spoke to The Indian Express on Thursday night time at his official residence in Guwahati on a variety of points pertaining to his authorities and the elections. Excerpts: