Kolkata, development, or the perceived lack of it, and recurring floods every monsoon, are the major issues of the erstwhile Lal Garh Arambagh Lok Sabha constituency in Hooghly district of West Bengal, which is an SC-reserved state in terms of law and order. It is a political hotspot. Instability of order.
TMC may have won the 2014 and 2019 editions of parliamentary elections in Arambagh, but with a steady decline in the party's vote share in the last two editions, it will lose four of the six assembly seats in Arambagh in Hooghly in the 2021 state elections. But BJP has defeated Trinamool, indicating a coming fight which may be more difficult to overcome than it appears on paper.
Perhaps that's why Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose Arambagh to launch a massive election campaign in Bengal and addressed one of the first public meetings of the election season on March 1, where he slammed the state for "betraying the people of the state". Criticized the Mamata Banerjee government. The ruling government of the state has fielded Hooghly Zilla Parishad member Mithali Bagh, who is making her debut in the parliamentary elections, in place of its two-time MP Aparupa Poddar. The BJP nominated Arup Kanti Digar, who is contesting the election for the first time.Digar said, people, especially farmers, are in deep trouble due to frequent floods.
“Floods are a regular affair in places like Pursura, Goghat, Khanakul and Chandrakona during July-August every year. The TMC government has grossly misused central funds to take measures like digging of reservoirs and building barrages, while pretending Haven't done anything else." Ghata Master Plan to control flood damage in neighboring Paschim Medinipur,” H said. He also accused the state government of discriminating against the area while neglecting the creation of employment opportunities for the youth.The BJP candidate alleged that the panchayats have stopped the distribution of central funds for several welfare schemes of the Narendra Modi government among the poor.
Rejecting Digar's story, his TMC counterpart claimed that women and youth of the constituency have benefited from various schemes implemented by the Mamata Banerjee government in the state. Baig said, "BJP is talking about Arambag floods. The less it talks, the better. Despite repeated appeals by our government and our MPs, the BJP-run Center has not yet taken action on the Ghatal Master Plan or the Mayurakshi and Keleghai flood control projects."
“There is a need for an integrated plan to prevent flooding in an area like the basin during monsoon, but the Centre's discriminatory attitude has proved to be a hindrance all these years,” he alleged.,
The CPI(M), which had won Arambagh ten times before 2014, has fielded primary school teacher Bipla Maitra. A district leader of the CPI(M) said the party had suffered losses due to the "terror spread by TMC" in the last decade. The seat was almost wiped out.
CPI(M) got 1,00,520 votes in 2019, which was less than seven percent of the total votes.
However, this time the situation is different, he claimed. “The younger generation, especially the unemployed graduates, is responsible not only for failing in industrialization but also for turning the state's education sector into a mess by carrying out job scams of unprecedented scale. Troubled by TMC.We are hopeful that we will do well if the voting is free and fair,” the CPI(M) leader said.
Arambagh is home to vast area of agricultural land and includes most of the Rura assembly constituencies like Haripal, Tarakeshwar, Pursura, Arambagh, Goghat, Khankul. It also includes Chandrakona, which is the only assembly constituency falling in the neighboring district of Paschim Medinipur.
Election observers are of the opinion that this time the fight between TMC and BJP is likely to reach its peak."TMC seems to be in a bit of a tough spot this time due to grassroots level grievances over development in the area and frequent floods. The school recruitment scam is also likely to impact the schools which have seen a large number of youth aspiring for teaching jobs. “Coming from Arambag in particular and Hooghly district in general,” said Ashish Bera, an academic and Pursura resident.
Bera, professor of political science at Burdwan University, said that the Sandeshkhali incident could also affect the prospects of the ruling government.
“There is strong support for Mamata Banerjee among women.I need to see if their social welfare schemes can tilt the balance in their favour. Arambag is also a microcosm of the entire southern part of West Bengal, so the trend here could be steeper." This largely reflects the ruling party's electoral fortunes in the party's other so-called 'safe seats' south of the Farakka Barrage," Digar said that Banerjee's decision to remove two-time winner Aparupa Poddar from the election field shows that all is not well within the TMC. He claimed that factional fighting within the TMC is hurting its electoral prospects. Will have an adverse effect."Last time TMC won by only 1,142 votes. Let's see which way the wind blows during the counting of votes on June 4," the BJP candidate said.
However, Bag rejected his rival's claims and said that such claims are mere political moves with little truth to them.Voting will be held in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections in Arambag on May 20.
TMC may have won the 2014 and 2019 editions of parliamentary elections in Arambagh, but with a steady decline in the party's vote share in the last two editions, it will lose four of the six assembly seats in Arambagh in Hooghly in the 2021 state elections. But BJP has defeated Trinamool, indicating a coming fight which may be more difficult to overcome than it appears on paper.
Perhaps that's why Prime Minister Narendra Modi chose Arambagh to launch a massive election campaign in Bengal and addressed one of the first public meetings of the election season on March 1, where he slammed the state for "betraying the people of the state". Criticized the Mamata Banerjee government. The ruling government of the state has fielded Hooghly Zilla Parishad member Mithali Bagh, who is making her debut in the parliamentary elections, in place of its two-time MP Aparupa Poddar. The BJP nominated Arup Kanti Digar, who is contesting the election for the first time.Digar said, people, especially farmers, are in deep trouble due to frequent floods.
“Floods are a regular affair in places like Pursura, Goghat, Khanakul and Chandrakona during July-August every year. The TMC government has grossly misused central funds to take measures like digging of reservoirs and building barrages, while pretending Haven't done anything else." Ghata Master Plan to control flood damage in neighboring Paschim Medinipur,” H said. He also accused the state government of discriminating against the area while neglecting the creation of employment opportunities for the youth.The BJP candidate alleged that the panchayats have stopped the distribution of central funds for several welfare schemes of the Narendra Modi government among the poor.
Rejecting Digar's story, his TMC counterpart claimed that women and youth of the constituency have benefited from various schemes implemented by the Mamata Banerjee government in the state. Baig said, "BJP is talking about Arambag floods. The less it talks, the better. Despite repeated appeals by our government and our MPs, the BJP-run Center has not yet taken action on the Ghatal Master Plan or the Mayurakshi and Keleghai flood control projects."
“There is a need for an integrated plan to prevent flooding in an area like the basin during monsoon, but the Centre's discriminatory attitude has proved to be a hindrance all these years,” he alleged.,
The CPI(M), which had won Arambagh ten times before 2014, has fielded primary school teacher Bipla Maitra. A district leader of the CPI(M) said the party had suffered losses due to the "terror spread by TMC" in the last decade. The seat was almost wiped out.
CPI(M) got 1,00,520 votes in 2019, which was less than seven percent of the total votes.
However, this time the situation is different, he claimed. “The younger generation, especially the unemployed graduates, is responsible not only for failing in industrialization but also for turning the state's education sector into a mess by carrying out job scams of unprecedented scale. Troubled by TMC.We are hopeful that we will do well if the voting is free and fair,” the CPI(M) leader said.
Arambagh is home to vast area of agricultural land and includes most of the Rura assembly constituencies like Haripal, Tarakeshwar, Pursura, Arambagh, Goghat, Khankul. It also includes Chandrakona, which is the only assembly constituency falling in the neighboring district of Paschim Medinipur.
Election observers are of the opinion that this time the fight between TMC and BJP is likely to reach its peak."TMC seems to be in a bit of a tough spot this time due to grassroots level grievances over development in the area and frequent floods. The school recruitment scam is also likely to impact the schools which have seen a large number of youth aspiring for teaching jobs. “Coming from Arambag in particular and Hooghly district in general,” said Ashish Bera, an academic and Pursura resident.
Bera, professor of political science at Burdwan University, said that the Sandeshkhali incident could also affect the prospects of the ruling government.
“There is strong support for Mamata Banerjee among women.I need to see if their social welfare schemes can tilt the balance in their favour. Arambag is also a microcosm of the entire southern part of West Bengal, so the trend here could be steeper." This largely reflects the ruling party's electoral fortunes in the party's other so-called 'safe seats' south of the Farakka Barrage," Digar said that Banerjee's decision to remove two-time winner Aparupa Poddar from the election field shows that all is not well within the TMC. He claimed that factional fighting within the TMC is hurting its electoral prospects. Will have an adverse effect."Last time TMC won by only 1,142 votes. Let's see which way the wind blows during the counting of votes on June 4," the BJP candidate said.
However, Bag rejected his rival's claims and said that such claims are mere political moves with little truth to them.Voting will be held in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections in Arambag on May 20.
