West Bengal Elections: Mamata Banerjee came out to file nomination, said- will go to Supreme Court again regarding SIR. kolkata news
Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Led a 400-metre march from his home to the Alipore Survey Building along with around 4,000 people on Wednesday Trinamool Congress supporters, and filed his nomination for the Bhawanipur assembly seat along with four proposers from four different communities, setting the stage for the final phase of Trinamool’s election campaign.Moments after filing her nomination, Banerjee said her party would once again approach the Supreme Court and demand that voters who have appealed before the tribunal against the deletion of their names during the adjudication be allowed to cast their votes in this election.He said, “The Supreme Court had recognized all the voters as genuine voters under the decision and said that their cases will be resolved in the tribunal. What is the point of freezing their cases? We will go to the court again and seek justice.” “I am very upset that so many names have been removed. Out of the 1.2 crore people removed, 32 lakh names were included only because I went to the Supreme Court. But the remaining 58 lakh cases were never opened.” Some deletions may be genuine due to death or duplicate entries. But the 27 lakh voters whose cases are pending before the tribunal are genuine and should be allowed to vote. If these people are not able to vote now then what is the point of adding names later?” he asked.Those who signed his nomination papers included Mayor Firhad Hakim’s wife Ismat, representing Muslims, Ward 71 Block President Bablu Singh, representing Hindus, filmmaker Nispal Singh, representing Sikhs, and Bhawanipur Education Society vice-president Miraj Shah, representing Jains.Banerjee declared that she had Rs 75,700 in cash, 9.8 grams of gold jewelery and assets totaling Rs 15.4 lakh. His annual income is Rs 23.2 lakh, he does not own any vehicle or property and his only source of income is royalties earned from books and bank interest. There is no criminal case pending against him.On Tuesday morning, as Mamata Banerjee stepped out of her Harish Chatterjee Street residence at 10.35 am, wearing her trademark white saree and white slippers, she was immediately surrounded by a sea of supporters who had been waiting for hours to catch a glimpse of her.Shrabani Roy, a resident of Kalighat, who was present with a group of 10 women in green and white sarees, blew conch shells to welcome the CM. He said, “This has been a ritual for many years now. When she files her nomination we always come dressed in coordinated colors to accompany her. We wished her luck and she blessed us. Such simple gestures motivate us to work hard to ensure the party’s victory.”On the way, Banerjee stopped for a while at the Baglamukhi temple near the Kalighat bridge and bowed her head in prayer, before resuming her march. The route soon turned into a festive procession, with supporters showering flowers and raising slogans of ‘Mamata Banerjee Zindabad’ and ‘Joy Bangla’. The crowd also included party worker Tarak Pat-Ra, whose brother-in-law’s name has been struck off the voter list. “Didi has assured us that she is trying to restore the names,” he said, joining the sloganeering.As senior party functionaries – Firhad Hakim, his daughter Priyadarshini, Rashbehari MLA Debashish Kumar and eight councilors from Bhawanipur constituency – walked along, Banerjee waved to supporters and occasionally stopped to shake hands with familiar faces. Near the Alipore Jail Museum, she stopped again to bow before the portrait of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose before proceeding with folded hands towards the Survey Building.Addressing supporters after exiting, the CM made an emotional remark: “I live here 365 days. Everything – my birth and my work – has been here. Whatever I am, I am because of this place. To the people of Bhawanipur, I offer my respects – Pranam, Sat Shri Akal, Jai Jinendra, Salaam. Bless us so that not only I, but all our candidates on 294 seats can continue to serve you.”
