BJP plans to nominate EB candidate

Statesman News Service

MALDA, March 26. — Malda BJP leaders are planning to nominate its candidate in English Bazaar after it has come to light that the proposed alliance candidate for the Trinamul Congress and the BJP, Mr. Krishnendu Chowdhury has joined the Congress here. The district BJP secretariat body has already sent a proposal to its state leadership a few days ago watching the political development here. Though the state BJP had announced its only one candidate, Mr Ramlal Hansda for Habibpur Assembly segment and is planning to nominate another one in Harishchandrapur but the district leaders have informed them that they were ready to nominate at least eight candidates out of 11 in this district. It may be recalled that on the basis of seat adjustment between the Trinamul Congress and the BJP in the state level, the Trinamul congress had announced only three candidates for English Bazaar, Gazole and Old Malda. After the report of joining of Mr. Krishnendu Chowdhury to the Congress and possibility to get a congress ticket for English Bazaar, though another Trinamul leader, Mr. Dulal Sarkar told reporters that he or any other candidate would contest in English Bazaar, but the BJP district president claimed that they would be able to nominate better candidate than Mr. Dulal Sarkar, who has got Trinamul ticket for Old Malda constituency. “We have limitation owing to the official adjustment between the Trinamul Congress and the BJP in the state level and the BJP central leadership does not want to break the alliance. We can not ignore them and will have to wait for the nod of the state leadership for finalisation of candidate in English Bazaar”, said Mr. Dinesh Basak, the district BJP president.Mr. Basak also claimed that in last Assembly election ‘incidentally’ Mr. Krishnendu Chowdhury had contested in English Bazaar as an alliance candidate but since 1970s, during the period of Janasangha our candidates had been contesting in English Bazaar bagging decent number of votes. Mr. Tapan Sikdar, the former Union minister, had also contested here in last two-assembly election in English Bazaar, the BJP leaders claimed.