We've got definite tip-off that 'Team Subhendu Adhikari' has become hyperactive here to cause a debacle for Dilip Ghosh, said Kirti Azad, the Trinamul Congress candidate for the Bardhaman Durgapur Lok Sabha seat here this morning.
Rival Trinamul Congress supporters clashed in the presence of the party's Bardhaman-Durgapur Lok Sabha candidate, Kirti Azad, within the Durgapur Municipal Corporation area this morning, creating a situation of chaos.
After Dilip Ghosh's controversial statement on chief minister Mamata Banerjee, TMC candidate from Burdwan Durgapur Kirti Azad attacked the BJP candidate.
"Makkar aadmi jhoot baat bolta hai, itna bhi aadmi gir santa hai-malum nehi tha. Sharm ana chahiye usko (a crafty man is talking lie. I had no idea a person could stoop so low.
Once again, to wrest the Durgapur – Burdwan seat from the BJP, TMC is banking on a non-Bengali star candidate like Shatrughan Sinha in Asansol, it seems.
He is the grandson of Bhagawat Jha Azad, the former congress chief minister of undivided Bihar. “Didi will decide who will be the candidate of TMC in Durgapur – Burdwan. Kirti Azad is our party member and leader," said Narendrnath Chakraborty, district TMC president.
The team known as 'Kapil's Devils' could bat till No. 11, had 7-8 bowling options, good fielders like Kapil Dev, who pulled off a couple of sensational catches to help the team extricate itself from difficult situations.
The Banerjee-led party failed to win a single seat in the February 14 polls despite a high profile campaign and has witnessed an exodus of leaders from its fold since.
He was earlier with the BJP, but left after differences with the leadership. Azad's wife is also active in Delhi politics.
As of now, character posters of Tahir Raj Bhasin, Saqib Saleem, Chirag Patil, Jatin Sarna, and Jiiva have been unveiled.
