LOK SABHA ELECTION

A security man guards a sealed strong room to protect the EVMs, in Cooch Behar.

FB, Trinamul, GCDP hope victory in Cooch Behar

The polling is over. Now, it is time to expect and predict result. Not only the candidates but also the leaders, the party activists and the people from all walks of life are counting days to know the result. It is the main, even lone topic of discussion at all addas.

Observing the polling pattern the Left Front supported Forward Bloc candidate Mr Nripendra Nath Roy hoped that he will be able to retain the Cooch Behar (SC) seat by a margin of about 1.5-lakh to 1.65-lakh votes. "This seat was of the Forward Bloc for many years and this time too it will be of our party", he said. District Forward Bloc secretary Mr Udayan Guha too believes that Mr Roy is going to represent Cooch Behar in the Lok Sabha.

District Trinamul Congress general secretary Mr Partha Nath Sarkar said the people are in favour of a change and it is going to happen here. In the last three-tier panchayat elections the Trinamul Congress pulled down the CPI-M from the power at two Panchayat Samitis – Tufanganj-I and Tufanganj-II. "Our candidates won at many gram panchayat seats and the Lok Sabha seat is also going to come to our party", he said.

District Trinamul Congress president Mr Rabi Ghosh said their candidate, Mr Arghya Roy Pradhan is the son the former Lok Sabha member Mr Amar Roy Pradhan who won eight times consecutively from Cooch Behar. Naturally, he is already familiar with Parliamentary politics and he may represent the people of Cooch Behar efficiently in the Lok Sabha, Mr Ghosh hoped.

District BJP secretary Mr Nikhil Ranjan Dey said there are enough reasons to believe about victory of their candidate Mr Bhabendra Nath Barman. The BJP accumulated considerable organisational strength in this district and this time it is fighting alone because the Trinamul Congress broke the alliance with it. In the changing political scenario the BJP candidate may win in this seat, Mr Dey hoped.

The 70-year-old mother of the candidate of the Greater Cooch Behar Democratic Party, Mrs Jayamati Barman offered a special puja at her Jarabari residence on the polling day praying success of her son, Mr Bangshi Badan Barman. Mr Barman is in the jail since his surrender on 25 May 2006. Seven cases are running against him at different courts.

Expressing his pleasure over the peaceful polling the GCDP president Mr Ashutosh Barma said if no tricky device was practiced their candidate has every chance to win. "We are now waiting for the result", the GCDP leader added in a cheerful mood.