Cooch Behar, Sept. 20 -- West Bengal Minister Dilip Ghosh on Sunday expressed confidence that the BJP will receive the same public support in the bypolls as it did during the assembly elections in the state.

The bypolls for Nandigram and Rejinagar Assembly constituencies will be held on October 6.

Ghosh took potshots at the opposition parties, saying they are only making allegations.

"The election will be held peacefully and in an open atmosphere; just as the public supported the BJP in the general elections, the same will happen in the by-election... It is unclear where the opposition is today. They do not even have a candidate. They are merely making allegations, but that achieves nothing," Ghosh said in Cooch Behar.

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