BJPs KMC poll debacle will not be repeated in districts Dilip Ghosh
Kolkata Dec 24 PTI BJP vice-president Dilip Ghosh on Saturday asserted that his partys Kolkata civic poll debacle will not be repeated in the upcoming elections to 111 other municipal bodies as the saffron camp with all its might will counter attempts of rigging by members of the ruling TMC He stressed that the BJP has strong foundation in several districts of the state where it was sure to perform better unlike what it did in Kolkata KMC elections swept by the TMC were marked by large-scale rigging The TMC cannot repeat the experiment in municipal polls to be held in the districts as the BJP has a stronger base in many places The outcome in the districts will be different he claimed A senior BJP leader who did not wish to be named however stated that the party has a deep-rooted foundation in Kolkata too but it could not perform well in the face of threats and intimidation Making light of Ghoshs claims West Bengal minister Firhad Hakim who has also been named the mayor of Kolkata said that the saffron party will lose miserably everywhere in the state In the just-concluded Kolkata Municipal Corporation elections the TMC clinched 134 wards the BJP just three and the Congress and the CPIM two eachThree seats were bagged by Independent candidates PTI SUS RMS RMS
Kolkata Dec 24 PTI BJP vice-president Dilip Ghosh on Saturday asserted that his partys Kolkata civic poll debacle will not be repeated in the upcoming elections to 111 other municipal bodies as the saffron camp with all its might will counter attempts of rigging by members of the ruling TMC He stressed that the BJP has strong foundation in several districts of the state where it was sure to perform better unlike what it did in Kolkata KMC elections swept by the TMC were marked by large-scale rigging The TMC cannot repeat the experiment in municipal polls to be held in the districts as the BJP has a stronger base in many places The outcome in the districts will be different he claimed A senior BJP leader who did not wish to be named however stated that the party has a deep-rooted foundation in Kolkata too but it could not perform well in the face of threats and intimidation Making light of Ghoshs claims West Bengal minister Firhad Hakim who has also been named the mayor of Kolkata said that the saffron party will lose miserably everywhere in the state In the just-concluded Kolkata Municipal Corporation elections the TMC clinched 134 wards the BJP just three and the Congress and the CPIM two eachThree seats were bagged by Independent candidates PTI SUS RMS RMS
