Search for Malda MP

Statesman News Service

MALDA, May 14: Though the Election Commission has not issued any notification for the election of the Malda candidate for the Lok Sabha seat after the death of ABA Ghani Khan Choudhury, people are curious to know which Congress candidate would be appointed as heir to the late Malda MP. Taking a cue from the statements of Congress leaders, political observers here feel that the late Khan Choudhury’s brother, Mr AH Khan Choudhury, seemed to be the most likely candidate for the post. But being the district president of the Malda Congress, it was also possible that Mrs Rubi Noor, sister of the late MP, would be the Congress candidate for the post. Just after the results of Assembly election in Malda was declared, Mrs Noor had announced: “No decision has been taken and I am not mentally ready to contest for the MP’s seat.” Political leaders are calculating to what extent the sympathy wave created by Khan Choudhury’s death would be instrumental in the Malda MP’s election. Earlier, Mrs Noor, had admitted that the sympathy wave had failed to be fruitful for Congress candidates in all the seats during the Assembly election. She said Congress MLAs such Mr AH Khan Choudhury in Kaliachak and Mr Mostak Alam in Harishchandrapur could not capitalise on the sentimental wave. Reportedly, people also want to know the name of the CPI-M candidate to be appointed for the Malda Lok Sabha election. Since 1980, Ghani Khan Choudhury had remained rooted to the post of Malda MP. The Malda CPI-M could not grab the seat from the Congress stalwart. Political observers have also suggested that the CPI-M may try to gain the seat this time. In the last parliamentary election, Khan Choudhury was elected Malda MP by winning with a record margin of over one lakh vote against the student and youth leader, Mr Pranab Das. But the Congress is upset after losing the Kaliachak seat this time and is confused whether the Khan Choudhury wave would work for the Malda MP’s election. #