BJP's Hooghly Lok Sabha candidate Locket Chatterjee expressed confidence in her party's victory in the Lok Sabha elections saying that they are getting a good response.
"This is Ashima Patra's booth. Last time, rigging of EVM happened here. When I reached here rigging was underway peacefully. Some people present here are giving protection, police are not doing anything. They are giving 'Go Back' slogans because we are creating trouble in the rigging process
"An AASHA worker was made to sit as a booth agent in lieu of money. She has been instructed to ask people to vote for Rachana. She is a Trinamool agent working as an assistant in booths asking people to vote for TMC. There is no other party slip with her," Chatterjee said speaking to repo
"Everything is going on fine...There were instances of threatening at 2-3 places at a booth in Balagarh, Dhaniakhali. EVM machines are not working at a few locations but work is going on those," Chatterjee said speaking to ANI on Monday as the fifth phase of voting is underway.
The Trinamool which has not shied away from using star power in its election campaigns, introduced Rachana Banerjee as its party member as the "other Didi" at a Brigade rally in March. The actor is popularly known for hosting the popular Bengali television reality show, "Didi No. 1".
Addressing a public meeting in the Hooghly district on Wednesday, ahead of the fifth phase of polling in Bengal on May 20, Shah said the legendary filmmaker would have helmed a sequel to 'Hiraj Rajar Deshe' titled 'Hirak Rani', if he were alive today.
"Isn't Pak-occupied Kashmir ours? Mani Shankar Aiyar, Farooq Abdullah used to scare us saying that Pakistan has atom bomb and so we should not speak about Pak-occupied Kashmir. Rahul baba, Mamata didi, no matter how scared you are, Pak-occupied Kashmir is ours and we will take it back," S
BJP candidate from Hooghly Lok Sabha seat, Locket Chatterjee on Sunday said that BJP's fight is not against TMC's candidate Rachana Banerjee but against "corruption".
While addressing a public meeting in Hooghly, PM Modi asked the Special Protection Group (SPG) commandos to collect the portrait of his mother (brought as gifts) from two young people.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday slammed Trinamool Congress and asserted that TMC is raising the slogan of 'Break in India' to counter Centre's 'Make in India' initiative adding that "Modi advocates for 'Har Ghar Jal', while TMC advocates for 'Har Ghar Bomb' scheme."