Barrackpore (West Bengal) [India], Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, jute mill workers in Barrackpore hope that their representative will revive the closed mills in the constituency and ensure that no further mills are closed. Gauripur Jute Mill in Naihati which comes under Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat is closed for the last 26 years. The mill is now under the supervision of the Calcutta High Court. The local people working in the mill hope that the elected leader will fulfill his promise to start the mill.
Apart from Gauripur Jute Mill, five other jute mills have been closed, the residents of Barrackpore whose livelihood depends on these mills are hopeful that the winning representatives will think about them and ensure that the jute mills which are closed again and again If this happens, they will remain operational out of 22 jute mills in Barrackpore. , six have closed.Earlier there were reports that the Gauripur Jute Mill would be reopened but nothing happened. Mohammad Ijaz Ansari, a youth living in Naihati, said that his grandfather used to work in the Gauripur Jute Mill when it suddenly closed. Speaking to ANI Deepak Kurmi, Ansari said, "My grandfather used to work in the Gauripur jute mill, when suddenly the mill was closed. I work somewhere else. My hope in this election is that the winner will be responsible for the future of the jute mills here." Will do something about it." A worker working in a jute mill said that he is living in fear that the mill where he works may be closed.For us a leader is one who thinks about our livelihood. We work in a jute mill. Don't know when the mill will close. How many mills are closed here! It should not happen. After all, how will we vote,'' Kurmi said ANI Another activist Rajesh Kurmi said that many political leaders had promised that the Gauripur jute mill would be reopened, but nothing happened. Many MPs came and assured us that Gauripur Jute Mill will be reopened. Dines Trivedi had said that he had the key.But he did nothing, Arju Singh became MP. He also did not do anything. Here MLA Partha Bhowmik had also said that he will get the mill opened. Now he is contesting elections. Let's see what happens next. Whoever wins should fulfill his promise. What else do we need?'' Kurmi said while speaking to ANI Meanwhile, BJP candidate from Barrackpore and sitting MP Arjun Singh said he had raised the issue in Parliament and asked the West Bengal government to achieve this Was there, but nothing was done.
Singh said, "I had raised the issue of jute mills in Parliament. I had also asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the acquisition of Gauripur Jute Mill, but the government did not listen to me." Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s Partha Bhowmik, who won the 2019 Lok Sabha election by a margin of 14,857 votes, has been pitted against Singh from Barrackpore in this election, which is expected to see a tough fight between the TM and the BJP.Voting will be held in the fifth phase in Barrackpore on May 20.
Apart from Gauripur Jute Mill, five other jute mills have been closed, the residents of Barrackpore whose livelihood depends on these mills are hopeful that the winning representatives will think about them and ensure that the jute mills which are closed again and again If this happens, they will remain operational out of 22 jute mills in Barrackpore. , six have closed.Earlier there were reports that the Gauripur Jute Mill would be reopened but nothing happened. Mohammad Ijaz Ansari, a youth living in Naihati, said that his grandfather used to work in the Gauripur Jute Mill when it suddenly closed. Speaking to ANI Deepak Kurmi, Ansari said, "My grandfather used to work in the Gauripur jute mill, when suddenly the mill was closed. I work somewhere else. My hope in this election is that the winner will be responsible for the future of the jute mills here." Will do something about it." A worker working in a jute mill said that he is living in fear that the mill where he works may be closed.For us a leader is one who thinks about our livelihood. We work in a jute mill. Don't know when the mill will close. How many mills are closed here! It should not happen. After all, how will we vote,'' Kurmi said ANI Another activist Rajesh Kurmi said that many political leaders had promised that the Gauripur jute mill would be reopened, but nothing happened. Many MPs came and assured us that Gauripur Jute Mill will be reopened. Dines Trivedi had said that he had the key.But he did nothing, Arju Singh became MP. He also did not do anything. Here MLA Partha Bhowmik had also said that he will get the mill opened. Now he is contesting elections. Let's see what happens next. Whoever wins should fulfill his promise. What else do we need?'' Kurmi said while speaking to ANI Meanwhile, BJP candidate from Barrackpore and sitting MP Arjun Singh said he had raised the issue in Parliament and asked the West Bengal government to achieve this Was there, but nothing was done.
Singh said, "I had raised the issue of jute mills in Parliament. I had also asked Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the acquisition of Gauripur Jute Mill, but the government did not listen to me." Trinamool Congress (TMC)'s Partha Bhowmik, who won the 2019 Lok Sabha election by a margin of 14,857 votes, has been pitted against Singh from Barrackpore in this election, which is expected to see a tough fight between the TM and the BJP.Voting will be held in the fifth phase in Barrackpore on May 20.
