"I do not underestimate them (opposition), but I find that they are not in the ground. They are absent from the contest...," Gangopadhyay said speaking about the TMC in Tamluk.
Earlier, Akshay Bam who had filed his nomination from the Congress party pulled out his nomination at the last moment when he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Taking a dig at BJP's Amethi candidate Smriti Irani, UBT Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Saturday said that he feels pity for her as she will now have to face defeat from the PA of Rahul Gandhi.
After Congress leader Rahul Gandhi filed his nomination from Uttar Pradesh's Raebareli, his opponent in Kerala's Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, Annie Raja, a CPI candidate, called it an "injustice to voters."
Maharashtra's Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Shiv Sena candidate Yamini Jadhav's nomination said that people came out in large numbers to support her and expressed confidence in winning all six seats of Mumbai.
Speaking to ANI, Purnesh Modi, who is also the BJP's in-charge for political affairs in Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu, said that Rahul Gandhi did not file his nomination from Amethi against Smriti Irani as he had lost the Congress' stronghold in the 2019 general elections.
After filing his nomination from Purulia, independent candidate Ajit Prasad Mahato said that they are fighting for the Scheduled Tribe status of the Kurmi community and the 'Sarna Dharam Code'.
Raebareli, a stronghold of the Gandhi family, was represented by her mother Sonia Gandhi since 2004 in the outgoing Lok Sabha. There was speculation earlier that Priyanka Gandhi Vadra would contest from either Amethi or Raebareli, two seats in Uttar Pradesh, which are prestige battles for th
Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah wished success to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi as he filed his nomination from Raebareli, saying the seat has been nurtured former party chief Sonia Gandhi with her dedication and her enduring legacy in the constituency has been a beacon of progress a