TMC candidate withdraws two days before Falta repoll
Kolkata, May 20 -- Jahangir Khan, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) 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 BJP's Suvendu Adhikari: "It was my dream that Falta should become 'Sonar Falta'. The CM has said a special package would be announced for Falta. That's why I am stepping aside from contesting the repoll," Khan said. P11...
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