April 7, 2021 8:51 PM

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Singur assembly constituency of West Bengal witnesses intense straight fight emerging between ruling TMC and BJP

In West Bengal, an intense straight fight seems to be emerging in the Singur assembly constituency between the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) and BJP.<br />'' <br />''Four candidates are in the fray in this assembly seat which shot to limelight after TMC launched an anti land acquisition stir against the then CPM led government. The land movement brought the curtains down on the 34 year old Left rule in West Bengal. Once upon flag bearers of Singur agitation both Rabindra Nath Bhattacharya and Becharam Manna are locking their horns this time from the same seat on BJP and TMC ticket. Both the Bhattacharya and Manna emerged strong from this anti land acquisition movement.  <br />'' <br />''Polling will be held in the fourth phase of assembly elections on 10th April in Singur which falls under Hooghly district. AIR Correspondent reports, sitting MLA Rabindra Nath Bhattacharya a turncoat from Trinamool Congress is contesting this time on BJP ticket. 89 year old Bhattacharya had retained this seat in 2016 assembly elections defeating CPM nominee Rabin Dey with a margin of more than 20,000 votes. Rabindra Nath Bhattacharya has represented this seat since the 2001 assembly elections.<br />'' <br />''<span style="color: #222222;">BJP was in third position with over 14,000 votes in its kitty that time. The CPM which is contesting under the banner of Sanyukt Morcha has fielded student wing SFI leader Srijan Bhattacharya from this seat. Unemployment and lack of development are major issues of this assembly segment. One of the large scale potato grower areas of the state farmers of Singur are longing for food processing units for better price of their produce.</span><br />

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