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SILIGURI, 15 APRIL: The state urban development minister and senior CPI-M leader, Mr Asok Bhattacharya, today claimed that the Trinamul Congress chief, Miss Mamata Banerjee, had sought support from the GJMM president, Mr Bimal Gurung, over phone.
Referring to the GJMM media secretary and party candidate from Kalimpong, Mr Harka Bahadur Chhetri, Mr Bhattacharya said that Mr Chhetri has exposed the electoral deal.
“Dr Chhetri has clearly stated in course of campaigning that Miss Banerjee and the state Congress president, Dr Manas Bhuniya, had sought support from Mr Bimal Gurung for their candidates in the plains,” he said.
Notably, Miss Banerjee keeps steering clear of the GJMM, saying that her party has no electoral link with the Hill-based party.
Ridiculing the Trianmul leader's pet theme, the CPI-M leader said that she would neither turn Siliguri into Switzerland nor the Darjeeling Hills into Gorkhaland.
Dwelling on the ‘clandestine’ electoral deal, Mr Bhattacharya said that a senior district Congress leader had met Mr Gurung at Kumani and Jhalong to thrash out the understanding on behalf of the Opposition alliance. “We stand to gain from the hush-hush electoral understanding, involving the Opposition parties and the Gorkhaland protagonists,” he said. Predicting a GJMM decline in the election, Mr Bhattacharya said the common people would vent their long-pent anger against the authoritarian outfit at the election booths.
“We would do good in the Adivasi-dominated Dooars as the ABAVP stands a fragmented house,” he added. He also sounded confident of retaining the Siliguri seat by a huge margin. “I have extensively toured my constituency. Over 1500 meetings have been held so far. The response is overwhelming,” he said.
SILIGURI, 15 APRIL: The state urban development minister and senior CPI-M leader, Mr Asok Bhattacharya, today claimed that the Trinamul Congress chief, Miss Mamata Banerjee, had sought support from the GJMM president, Mr Bimal Gurung, over phone.
Referring to the GJMM media secretary and party candidate from Kalimpong, Mr Harka Bahadur Chhetri, Mr Bhattacharya said that Mr Chhetri has exposed the electoral deal.
“Dr Chhetri has clearly stated in course of campaigning that Miss Banerjee and the state Congress president, Dr Manas Bhuniya, had sought support from Mr Bimal Gurung for their candidates in the plains,” he said.
Notably, Miss Banerjee keeps steering clear of the GJMM, saying that her party has no electoral link with the Hill-based party.
Ridiculing the Trianmul leader's pet theme, the CPI-M leader said that she would neither turn Siliguri into Switzerland nor the Darjeeling Hills into Gorkhaland.
Dwelling on the ‘clandestine’ electoral deal, Mr Bhattacharya said that a senior district Congress leader had met Mr Gurung at Kumani and Jhalong to thrash out the understanding on behalf of the Opposition alliance. “We stand to gain from the hush-hush electoral understanding, involving the Opposition parties and the Gorkhaland protagonists,” he said. Predicting a GJMM decline in the election, Mr Bhattacharya said the common people would vent their long-pent anger against the authoritarian outfit at the election booths.
“We would do good in the Adivasi-dominated Dooars as the ABAVP stands a fragmented house,” he added. He also sounded confident of retaining the Siliguri seat by a huge margin. “I have extensively toured my constituency. Over 1500 meetings have been held so far. The response is overwhelming,” he said.
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