2 days before elections: TMC Falta candidate withdraws from polls
Kolkata, May 20 -- Jahangir Khan, the Trinamool Congress candidate from Falta in West Bengal's South 24 Parganas withdrew from the contest two days ahead of polling in a major embarrassment for the party which was voted out of power in the state earlier this month.
Khan , a close associate of TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee said he was withdrawing in the interests of his constituency , citing comments by new chief minister, the Bharatiya Janata Party's Suvendu Adhikari: "It was my dream that Falta should become 'Sonar Falta'. The chief minister has said that a special package would be announced for Falta. That's why I am stepping aside from contesting the repoll scheduled on May 21," Khan told reporters on Tuesday.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) ordered a fresh election in all the 285 polling stations in Falta assembly seat on May 21 due to "severe electoral offences and subversion of democratic process" in a large number of polling stations in the constituency during the second phase of the assembly elections on April 29.
The BJP swept the state assembly elections held in April this year winning 207 out of the 294 assembly seats. The TMC won 80 seats. "Where has the so-called 'Pushpa' gone? The people of Falta would have removed you anyway. Pushpa had earlier said 'jhukega nahi' . Today 'Pushpa' fled and said that he doesn't want to contest. Nephew (BJP refers to Abhishek Banerjee as nephew) can't be seen anywhere. This is TMC's trap. People would think the BJP has already won the Falta assembly and therefore need not come out to vote. I would say you haven't been able to vote for many years. So, vote freely and without fear this time," Adhikari said while addressing a rally in Falta. "The decision taken by Jahangir Khan to withdraw from the Falta re-poll is his personal decision and not that of the party," the TMC said in a statement....
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