Hummingbird News Desk
KOLKATA, 16 APRIL: Former Union Minister and the party’s Ballygunge Assembly candidate Babul Supriyo dedicated his “victory” to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and said that the BJP’s position shows the effect of the fuel price hike.
“I dedicate my win to CM Mamata Banerjee and Ma-Mati-Manush. BJP’s position shows the effect of fuel price hike,” said Supriyo. He added that the election outcome is a “slap” on the BJP. “The Opposition stooped very low during the campaign. This result is a ‘tamacha’ (slap) on the BJP for the way they demean Bengalis. This win is the result of the hard work of TMC workers,” he said.
Supriyo, won the Ballygunge Assembly constituency by a margin of 20,228 votes. The CPI-M here stood second while the BJP emerged a distant third. Out of the total votes polled, Supriyo bagged 51,199 votes while CPI-M candidate Saira Shah Halim got 30,971 votes. BJP candidate Keya Ghosh received 13,220 votes and lost her deposit.
In Ballygunge, TMC got 49.7 per cent vote share, while CPM and BJP received 30.1 per cent and 12.8 per cent votes, respectively. Meanwhile, Congress stood fourth and its candidate lost deposit.
Meanwhile, TMC workers and supporters celebrate the tunes of drumbeats in Asansol as the party won the Asansol Lok Sabha seat. TMC’s Shatrughan Sinha defeated BJP’s Agnimitra Paul in Asansol.
Agnimitra Paul said, “There were some shortcomings from our end because of which we had to face defeat. The public’s verdict will be accepted. Few cases of rigging were seen at some places but central forces worked really well. We will work at grassroots levels in the forthcoming days”.
Reacting to Supriyo’s win from Ballygunge, she said, “Babul Supriyo’s victory in Ballygunge was predictable, Keya Ghosh has put up a big fight. We urge Police, administration, and the Election Commission to keep a check on violence in the state. Post-poll violence should not take place in West Bengal.”
The Ballygunge Assembly seat bypoll was necessitated after the demise of state Minister Subrata Mukherjee.
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