“BJP and its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi are big only on electronic and print media, but in reality their effect, especially in East India and Bengal, is equal to zero,” TMC candidate for Darjeeling Bhaichung Bhutia said during a meeting here today. Bhutia was reacting to the reports of Modi’s visit to Khaprial near Siliguri on April 10 for a party meeting.
He said India is a democratic country and accordingly one can visit and conduct party meetings for election anywhere, but the impact of the meeting on voters will not be as big as they have anticipated. Slamming the GJM-supported BJP candidate SS Alhuwalia, he said, “Alhuwalia claims himself to be the son of soil, but I will leave politics if he eats local food items like Kineema, Churpi and Gundruk.”
He said he took the challenge to fight in the election for promoting honest politics in the hills and vouched to become an honest and sincere politician if he is elected to Parliament. “Be it development or demands of the people, if politics is not played honestly nothing can be achieved,” he claimed.
He also took a dig on GJM saying the party has betrayed the people of the hills in the name of Gorkhaland and development. “The GJM leaders are involved in rampant corruption for their own personal benefits, leaving the people with nothing but false promises,” he alleged.
Referring to the last elections, he said the people of Darjeeling hills supported BJP candidate Jaswant Singh and helped him win the election with a huge margin, but he did nothing for the development of the hills. The same is being repeated this time around and will have the same result if the people blindly support the BJP candidate, he cautioned.
The TMC candidate also informed about the RTI filed in Supreme Court regarding the use of MP funds, where it was learnt that Rs25 crore was sanctioned in the span of five years for development purposes. “Surprisingly, there is no account of where the money was used or any major developmental work to show for,” Bhutia added.He urged the people to vote for him to have an honest and hard working representative in Parliament. He also promised to use the funds meant for the development of the Darjeeling hills transparently.
Bhutia also participated in a programme at the Monteviot Ground in Kurseong, organized by the Darjeeling Himalaya Karmachari Sangathan, a casual workers organization affiliated to INTTUC.
Source:EOI
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He said he took the challenge to fight in the election for promoting honest politics in the hills and vouched to become an honest and sincere politician if he is elected to Parliament. “Be it development or demands of the people, if politics is not played honestly nothing can be achieved,” he claimed.
He also took a dig on GJM saying the party has betrayed the people of the hills in the name of Gorkhaland and development. “The GJM leaders are involved in rampant corruption for their own personal benefits, leaving the people with nothing but false promises,” he alleged.
Referring to the last elections, he said the people of Darjeeling hills supported BJP candidate Jaswant Singh and helped him win the election with a huge margin, but he did nothing for the development of the hills. The same is being repeated this time around and will have the same result if the people blindly support the BJP candidate, he cautioned.
The TMC candidate also informed about the RTI filed in Supreme Court regarding the use of MP funds, where it was learnt that Rs25 crore was sanctioned in the span of five years for development purposes. “Surprisingly, there is no account of where the money was used or any major developmental work to show for,” Bhutia added.He urged the people to vote for him to have an honest and hard working representative in Parliament. He also promised to use the funds meant for the development of the Darjeeling hills transparently.
Bhutia also participated in a programme at the Monteviot Ground in Kurseong, organized by the Darjeeling Himalaya Karmachari Sangathan, a casual workers organization affiliated to INTTUC.
Source:EOI
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