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BJP Targets First Kolkata Civic Poll Victory, Predicts 150 Seats
The BJP wants to win Kolkata’s next municipal election.
The election is expected to happen in December.
Kolkata’s municipal corporation will now have 209 wards instead of 144.
BJP leader Sukanta Majumdar said his party could win more than 150 wards.
He also said the number might rise to 170 or 180.
He based this expectation partly on results from the recent Assembly election.
The BJP says it was ahead in 101 wards according to those results.
A party committee will choose candidates, and the state president will give final approval.
The BJP is targeting a sweeping victory in Kolkata’s municipal election, expected in December.
Union minister Sukanta Majumdar said the party expects to win more than 150 of 209 wards.
Majumdar said the BJP’s tally could reach 170 to 180 wards.
The KMC expanded from 144 wards to 209 after delimitation.
A four-member BJP panel will select and scrutinize candidates, with final approval from the state president.
- Who
- The Bharatiya Janata Party, including Union minister Sukanta Majumdar, is preparing for the election.
- What
- The BJP is targeting its first victory in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation election and predicting more than 150 ward wins.
- Where
- Kolkata, West Bengal, in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation area.
- When
- The election is expected to be held in December; Majumdar made the comments on Wednesday.
- Why
- The BJP aims to build on its performance in the West Bengal Assembly election and contest the expanded 209-ward corporation.
Key facts
- Election
- Kolkata Municipal Corporation election
- Expected timing
- December
- Total wards
- 209 after delimitation
- Previous ward count
- 144
- BJP projection
- More than 150 wards, potentially 170 to 180
- Assembly-election lead
- The BJP says it was leading in 101 wards
- Candidate selection
- A four-member BJP panel will select and scrutinize candidates; the state president will give final approval
Quotes
Sukanta Majumdar
Union minister of state for education and BJP panel member for the Kolkata civic polls
“According to the Assembly Election results, BJP has been leading in 101 wards. The Trinamul Congress has been crushed there. Now the number of seats has grown to 209. We expect to win more than 150 among them. I however think that we can get around 170-180.”
deccanchronicle.com
“The final approval will come from our state president. His stand is clear. We didn't contest the Assembly polls in an alliance. We fought alone and won so many seats. Naturally we haven't discussed seat sharing for alliance.”
deccanchronicle.com
Sources
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