Statesman News Service
MALDA, Feb. 25: The Trinamul Congress has at last finalised its candidate for North Malda Lok Sabha constituency.
Mr Goutam Chakraborty, former Congress MLA and former sabhadhipati of the Congress-led Malda zilla parishad (MZP), who had recently joined the Trinamul Congress, has finally been selected for the Parliamentary elections following a proposal from the district unit.
According to Mr Chakraborty, the district Trinamul Congress has proposed the name of Mr Rajendra Singha, former Congress leader of Manikchak block, for South Malda constituency.
State Trinamul Congress leader Mr Mukul Roy has informed the district Trinamul leaders that Miss Mamata Banerjee may withdraw its candidate from South Malda if the proposed alliance with the Congress materialises.
“But the Trinamul Congress will in no case withdraw its candidate from North Malda constituency,” Mr Roy informed the district leaders.
It may be noted that the present district Congress president and Malda MP, Mr AH Khan Choudhury, will contest from the South Malda parliamentary constituency.
Having received the green signal from Miss Banerjee, Mr Goutam Chakraborty has already started meetings with his followers and block-level Trinamul leaders to prepare for the election.
Mr Chakraborty held a series of meetings with local Congress leaders and workers, particularly in the Barind belt comprising Gazol, Bamongola and Habibpur blocks, in the last five years for greater organisational strength in the Congress.
The Congress leaders have been finding it hard to maintain unity among the block-level Congress leaders and workers since Mr Chakraborty joined the Trinamul Congress.
In the last few months, Dr AN Khan Choudhury, the elder brother of Malda MP Mr AH Khan Choudhury, had been keeping in touch with the leaders of the tribal-dominated and backward areas of Habibpur and Bamongola, projecting him as candidate for North Malda parliamentary constituency.
“I shall contest from North Malda constituency as Trinamul Congress candidate and have already started meeting present Trinamul Congress and Congress workers who had helped the late ABA Ghani Khan Choudhury win with a record margin from Barind belt,” said Mr Chakraborty.
“If the proposed alliance materialises, the Congress would have to withdraw its candidate,” he added. ( END)
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