Lok Sabha Election 2024 : Again in West Bengal after two decades Lok Sabha Elections ,Lok Sabha Election) Contesting 79-year-old Congress leader Pradeep Bhattacharya said that age does not matter in politics but what matters is a clean image. Bhattacharya, candidate from Kolkata North constituency, claimed in an interview that Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, though “quite unpredictable”, will definitely be a factor in the upcoming elections. Bhattacharya, who has spent nearly 50 years in politics, said the north Kolkata region had seen cultural and social movements in the 19th century and was now ready for another renaissance.
Common people are looking for a leader with a clean image to represent them.
Former state Congress president Bhattacharya said, it is true that I am quite old. At this age it is difficult to travel and visit different places but politically I have a very clean image, there is no blemish on me. I have never been to jail for any reason, I have never been arrested by CBI or ED. Bhattacharya did not mention the names of his rival candidates, sitting MP Sudip Bandopadhyay of Trinamool Congress and Tapas Roy of Bharatiya Janata Party. Bhattacharya said, “I earned money as a college teacher, an MP or an MLA. I believe that the common people are looking for someone with a clean image to represent them.
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Voting will be held in Kolkata North constituency on June 1.
Referring to his age, he said that Sudip Bandyopadhyay is also 75 years old. He is not much younger than me. But yes, Tapas Roy is definitely very young. I believe that the people of Kolkata North will elect their MP politically. They have to think very clearly. We all know that ‘Trinamool has links with BJP.’ The Congress leader, once elected to the Lok Sabha in 1996, said that the events of Sandeshkhali reminded him of 19th century social reformer Rammohan Roy. He said, “Rammohan Roy fought for women’s rights, remarriage of widows and their right to property. Sandeshkhali showed how women are tortured here. “The time has come that another renaissance is necessary for Bengal and it will start from North Kolkata.” Voting will be held in Kolkata North constituency on June 1.
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