Cooch Behar: Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Jagdish Chandra Barma Basunia has launched the seven-day Bengalr Adhikar Yatra from Sitai, campaigning across seven assembly constituencies in the Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency. The Lok Sabha candidates’ election drive began on the second day with the Banglar Adhikar Yatra in Dinhata Assembly.
Basunia commenced the Adhikar Yatra by performing Puja at Swami Nigmananda’s ashram in Dinhata NigamNagar, followed by an election workshop in Bara Shakdal, Basantirhat, and Burirhat market. He claimed that 50 families from the BJP Youth Morcha joined Trinamool in Basantirhat Bazar. Basunia, accompanied by state Trinamool Vice President Rabindranath Ghosh and other leaders. Trinamool candidate Jagadish Chandra Varma Basunia stated: “Through this journey, I am highlighting various developmental issues addressed by the state government to the people. Having served as a two-time MLA, I am very optimistic.” However, commenting on the Trinamool candidate’s campaign, BJP Cooch Behar district general secretary Biraj Bose said: “This election is for Lok Sabha, not for Panchayat or Assembly. Therefore, BJP candidate Nishith Pramanik will secure a significant victory once again. There is no dispute about that.” Cooch Behar District Forward Block President Deepak Sarkar remarked: “Sitai and Cooch Behar Lok Sabha are strongholds of the Forward Bloc and the Left. Supporters were unable to vote for a long time due to terror. Now they are determined to secure victory for the party’s candidate, even at the cost of their lives.”