SILCHAR, July 28: The scorching heat and now, for last couple of days, heavy showers with regular intervals has failed to dampen the spirit of the candidates contesting in the civic body polls scheduled on July 31. About 1.28 lakh voters will exercise their democratic right to elect 28 representatives in the 125-year old Silchar Municipality Board.
But with the final day coming closer, the verbal dual and in some cases, mud-throwing among the candidates of the two main parties–Congress and BJP, seems to have touched its peak. BJP candidate contesting Ward No. 27 Aparna Chakraborty has alleged that her posters and banners have been damaged by Congress candidates Susmita Dev and MLA Bithika Dev’s supporters.
On the other hand, Congress district president Karnendu Bhattacharjee in a letter to the Deputy Commissioner has alleged that the contract of printing ballot papers was given to a printing press owned by an independent candidate in Ward No. 10, where Congress candidate Sampa Dhar who is a close confidante of Dev, has allegedly printed some leaflets with personal attacks on the Dev duo. He said these leaflets were distributed all over the district.
Deputy Commissioner Gautam Ganguly today met all the contesting candidates and asked them to abstain from personal attacks against their opponents as this might create tension. Meanwhile, senior leaders like Dev and BJP MP from Silchar Kabindra Purkayastha were seen attacking each other on personal grounds. Purkayastha said that Dev has crossed all limits as the latter had hinted that the former won the last general election with monetary help from a State minister. Dev, in a public meeting today, lambasted Purkayastha terming him as a ‘useless MP’ and predicted that the latter would fail to do any good work in the coming five years.
But with the final day coming closer, the verbal dual and in some cases, mud-throwing among the candidates of the two main parties–Congress and BJP, seems to have touched its peak. BJP candidate contesting Ward No. 27 Aparna Chakraborty has alleged that her posters and banners have been damaged by Congress candidates Susmita Dev and MLA Bithika Dev’s supporters.
On the other hand, Congress district president Karnendu Bhattacharjee in a letter to the Deputy Commissioner has alleged that the contract of printing ballot papers was given to a printing press owned by an independent candidate in Ward No. 10, where Congress candidate Sampa Dhar who is a close confidante of Dev, has allegedly printed some leaflets with personal attacks on the Dev duo. He said these leaflets were distributed all over the district.
Deputy Commissioner Gautam Ganguly today met all the contesting candidates and asked them to abstain from personal attacks against their opponents as this might create tension. Meanwhile, senior leaders like Dev and BJP MP from Silchar Kabindra Purkayastha were seen attacking each other on personal grounds. Purkayastha said that Dev has crossed all limits as the latter had hinted that the former won the last general election with monetary help from a State minister. Dev, in a public meeting today, lambasted Purkayastha terming him as a ‘useless MP’ and predicted that the latter would fail to do any good work in the coming five years.
Verbal dual between these two senior leaders ignited the spirit of their followers as the contestant from both parties were seen attacking their concerned opponents on personal level. Naturally, the peace-loving citizens of the town were apprehensive of untoward incidents during the civic body poll. SOURCe: THE SENTINEL
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