News Desk, AnyTV, Kolkata
Published by: Sanjeev Kumar Jha
Updated Sun, 06 Mar 2022 10:26 AM IST
Summary
TMC has won 102 municipalities in the 108 municipal elections in Bengal. The BJP, which won 77 seats for the first time in the assembly elections, failed to win a single seat.
The West Bengal unit of the BJP held a meeting in Kolkata on Saturday to discuss the party’s performance in the recent civic polls. The meeting was attended by several senior BJP leaders including state president Sukant Majumdar, his predecessor Dilip Ghosh, Locket Chatterjee, Amit Malviya and former Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Dinesh Trivedi. But the most surprising thing was that Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and Union Minister Shantanu Thakur did not attend the meeting. Suvendu Adhikari’s absence led to speculation as to whether there was an excuse to escape responsibility for the defeat. Let us inform that the BJP, which won 77 seats for the first time in the assembly elections, did not get a single seat in the civic elections. While Mamata Banerjee’s TMC won 102 seats out of 108, retaining its momentum.
Suvendu gave the excuse of personal work
Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar said that Suvendu Adhikari had informed us that he would not be able to attend the meeting due to some personal work. He had informed about this only yesterday. However, it is clear from his absence that he was trying to escape the responsibility of defeat.
These issues were discussed during the meeting
The major issues that were discussed during the meeting included reduction in BJP’s vote share in the recent civic polls. The BJP’s vote share in municipal elections, including Kolkata, is seeing a sharp decline in comparison to its exceptional performance in the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections. Let us inform that BJP got 77 seats in the Bengal Assembly elections. Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar claimed that the reduction in vote share was the result of a hidden alliance between the TMC and the Left. This is being seen as a reference to an incident in 2014 when Mamata Banerjee greeted senior Left leaders with fish fry.
Expansion
The West Bengal unit of the BJP held a meeting in Kolkata on Saturday to discuss the party’s performance in the recent civic polls. The meeting was attended by several senior BJP leaders including state president Sukant Majumdar, his predecessor Dilip Ghosh, Locket Chatterjee, Amit Malviya and former Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Dinesh Trivedi. But the most surprising thing was that Leader of the Opposition Suvendu Adhikari and Union Minister Shantanu Thakur did not attend the meeting. Suvendu Adhikari’s absence led to speculation as to whether there was an excuse to escape responsibility for the defeat. Let us inform that the BJP, which won 77 seats for the first time in the assembly elections, did not get a single seat in the civic elections. While Mamata Banerjee’s TMC won 102 seats out of 108, retaining its momentum.
Suvendu gave the excuse of personal work
Bengal BJP President Sukanta Majumdar said that Suvendu Adhikari had informed us that he would not be able to attend the meeting due to some personal work. He had informed about this only yesterday. However, it is clear from his absence that he was trying to escape the responsibility of defeat.
These issues were discussed during the meeting
The major issues that were discussed during the meeting included reduction in BJP’s vote share in the recent civic polls. The BJP’s vote share in municipal elections, including Kolkata, is seeing a sharp decline in comparison to its exceptional performance in the 2021 West Bengal Assembly elections. Let us inform that BJP got 77 seats in the Bengal Assembly elections. Bengal BJP president Sukanta Majumdar claimed that the reduction in vote share was the result of a hidden alliance between the TMC and the Left. This is being seen as a reference to an incident in 2014 when Mamata Banerjee greeted senior Left leaders with fish fry.