#Kolkata: BJP has lost in Asansol and Ballygunge. Gerua Shibir has reached the third position in Ballygunge. The number of votes has decreased significantly as compared to the assembly elections. Babul Supriya is leading by more than 15,000 votes in Ballygunge after 18 rounds of counting. On the other hand, Trinamool candidate Shatrughan Sinha is leading from Asansol with 1.5 lakh votes. Overall, the by-elections in Bengal have given the green signal. And this time Kolkata Metropolitan Firhad Hakim responded.
Regarding the defeat in the election, BJP State Secretary Sukant Majumdar said that the number of minority voters in Ballygunge is very high. That’s why BJP did not expect much from this seat. Responding to this, Firhad Hakim said, “This is their end.” Remember, we do not share 60 per cent, 30 per cent. We take the appeal equally to 100% of the people.
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Firhad Hakim slammed the BJP on many issues ranging from hike in petrol-deal prices. He said that the price of petrol does not depend on the minority, the majority. Price is same for all. Everyone has to buy at the same price. The cost of things is the same. That’s why common people have given an answer to BJP.
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In the Ballygunge assembly by-election, the BJP performed worse than the general election. It is heard that the Left has already come forward in a ward of this assembly constituency. In the last election in Ballygunge, 74 percent voting was done, but in the by-election this percentage has come down to 41 percent. In the assembly elections, BJP got about 34 thousand votes, stood second. BJP has come at number three this time.
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