The Trinamool Congress on Monday won all the four municipal corporations- Siliguri, Asansol, Bidhanagar, Chandanagar municipality in West Bengal where polls were held on February 12.
Interestingly, for the first time, TMC bagged Siliguri Corporation which was ruled by the left for a long time. In the 2021 assembly polls and in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, BJP won the MLA and MP seats from this region. However, this time BJP MLA Shankar Ghosh who contested from Siliguri Corporation even lost his deposit.
Out of 47 wards, TMC got 37 wards, BJP got 5 seats, left got 4 and Congress got 1 seat. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee thanked people for casting their votes in favor of the TMC and said that the state administration would continue working for the cause of the common people.
#WATCH | TMC workers celebrate in North 24 Parganas as the party sweeps the Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation election. #WestBengalCivicPolls pic.twitter.com/aZxFkd6PFB— ANI (@ANI) February 14, 2022
“My heartiest congratulations to the people of Asansol, Bidhannagar, Siliguri & Chandannagar for having put their faith and confidence in All India Trinamool Congress candidates in the Municipal Corporation elections,” she said. Banerjee on Monday will start her 3-day tour to North Bengal.
CM Banerjee will be reaching Siliguri today and is going to meet Anant Maharaj, an important influencer of the Rajbongshi vote in North Bengal. Maharaj, a leader of the Greater Cooch Behar People’s Association (GCPA) has invited CM Banerjee, on the occasion of the birth anniversary celebration of warrior Chila Roy on February 15 and 16. Around 30% of the North Bengal vote, covering 54 assembly seats, is with the Rajbongshis (the original bhoomiputra of the princely state). Following this victory, party’s focus has now specifically moved to North Bengal.
Political analyst Biswanath Chakroborty said, “People have realised after BJP lost assembly polls so right now there is no point giving a vote to them.” Percentage-wise in Salt Lake and in Chandanagar left came in the second position. Even in the Asansol municipality area, BJP has an MLA yet TMC won the seat. Though BJP Vice President Dilip Ghosh said “ Vote has not taken place it’s a farce so the result will be like this that we know.” BJP already has moved the court on poll violence and they are not ready to accept it.
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