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  • Babul Supriyo: From singer to BJP’s poster boy to Mamata’s minister

    Via PTI

    KOLKATA: Babul Supriyo, who was once on Wednesday sworn in as a minister in Mamata Banerjee’s cupboard, has had a roller-coaster journey, from being a well-liked playback singer to BJP’s poster boy in West Bengal to becoming a member of the TMC govt.

    Supriyo began off as a town banker who rose to be a BJP minister on the Centre after an opportunity assembly with yoga guru Ramdev, however all at once discovered himself out within the chilly after dropping an meeting election from Tollygunge ultimate 12 months by way of an enormous margin of fifty,000 votes.

    Alternatively, Supriyo bounced again to win the celebrated Ballygunge constituency in April for his new birthday party – the Trinamool Congress – which he joined in September 2021 in a wonder transfer.

    Born in West Bengal’s Uttarpara as Supriya Baral in 1970, he modified his title to Babul Supriyo whilst attempting his success as a Bollywood singer after quitting his banking activity.

    After a a hit stint as a Hindi playback singer, Supriyo entered politics in 2014, getting a price ticket to contest the Lok Sabha elections for the BJP from West Bengal on Ramdev’s advice.

    He stunned everybody by way of defeating TMC’s Dola Sen from the commercial the town of Asansol and was once made the Union Minister of State for City Construction.

    Two years later, he was once shifted to the Ministry for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises all through a reshuffle in July 2016.

    In 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Supriyo’s successful streak endured when he defeated TMC’s Moon Moon Sen by way of an enormous margin of one.97 lakh votes.

    This time the Bollywood singer was once named the Minister of State for Setting, Woodland and Local weather Exchange.

    Supriyo was once once more pitted in April 2021, because the BJP candidate for Tollygunge Meeting constituency, which has as its centerpiece the film studio referred to as Tollywood, in opposition to three-time TMC MLA Aroop Biswas.

    The 2-time BJP MP had then promised he would finish Biswas’s “dictatorship” in Tollywood.

    Alternatively, this time spherical his streak of success gave the impression to have run out.

    Supriyo misplaced by way of over 50,000 votes.

    Issues additionally began going bitter in his dating with BJP’s best management and he was once sooner or later dropped from the Union Cupboard.

    The perturbed 50-year-old singer, whose instinctive first response was once that he would “surrender” politics after being dropped from the ministry, in the long run joined the TMC after birthday party supremo Mamata Banerjee and common secretary Abhishek Banerjee prolonged an be offering to him.

    ““It was once with nice disillusionment that I had introduced that I might surrender politics. An excellent chance has been prolonged by way of Didi (Mamata Banerjee) and Abhishek Banerjee and I’m glad to simply accept that. I used to be anticipating one thing extra after seven years as a Union Minister of State. Then variations began rising with the birthday party,”” Supriyo had stated after becoming a member of the TMC ultimate 12 months.

    Although his victory in Ballygunge previous this 12 months was once marred by way of a marketing campaign of “no vote for Supriyo” undertaken by way of some teams within the constituency, Supriyo, true to his curler coaster taste received the seat by way of over 20,000 votes in opposition to his CPI(M) rival Saira Shah Halim, who emerged in the second one place.

    Curiously, his former birthday party’s Keya Ghosh got here 3rd.

    KOLKATA: Babul Supriyo, who was once on Wednesday sworn in as a minister in Mamata Banerjee’s cupboard, has had a roller-coaster journey, from being a well-liked playback singer to BJP’s poster boy in West Bengal to becoming a member of the TMC govt.

    Supriyo began off as a town banker who rose to be a BJP minister on the Centre after an opportunity assembly with yoga guru Ramdev, however all at once discovered himself out within the chilly after dropping an meeting election from Tollygunge ultimate 12 months by way of an enormous margin of fifty,000 votes.

    Alternatively, Supriyo bounced again to win the celebrated Ballygunge constituency in April for his new birthday party – the Trinamool Congress – which he joined in September 2021 in a wonder transfer.

    Born in West Bengal’s Uttarpara as Supriya Baral in 1970, he modified his title to Babul Supriyo whilst attempting his success as a Bollywood singer after quitting his banking activity.

    After a a hit stint as a Hindi playback singer, Supriyo entered politics in 2014, getting a price ticket to contest the Lok Sabha elections for the BJP from West Bengal on Ramdev’s advice.

    He stunned everybody by way of defeating TMC’s Dola Sen from the commercial the town of Asansol and was once made the Union Minister of State for City Construction.

    Two years later, he was once shifted to the Ministry for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises all through a reshuffle in July 2016.

    In 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Supriyo’s successful streak endured when he defeated TMC’s Moon Moon Sen by way of an enormous margin of one.97 lakh votes.

    This time the Bollywood singer was once named the Minister of State for Setting, Woodland and Local weather Exchange.

    Supriyo was once once more pitted in April 2021, because the BJP candidate for Tollygunge Meeting constituency, which has as its centerpiece the film studio referred to as Tollywood, in opposition to three-time TMC MLA Aroop Biswas.

    The 2-time BJP MP had then promised he would finish Biswas’s “dictatorship” in Tollywood.

    Alternatively, this time spherical his streak of success gave the impression to have run out.

    Supriyo misplaced by way of over 50,000 votes.

    Issues additionally began going bitter in his dating with BJP’s best management and he was once sooner or later dropped from the Union Cupboard.

    The perturbed 50-year-old singer, whose instinctive first response was once that he would “surrender” politics after being dropped from the ministry, in the long run joined the TMC after birthday party supremo Mamata Banerjee and common secretary Abhishek Banerjee prolonged an be offering to him.

    ““It was once with nice disillusionment that I had introduced that I might surrender politics. An excellent chance has been prolonged by way of Didi (Mamata Banerjee) and Abhishek Banerjee and I’m glad to simply accept that. I used to be anticipating one thing extra after seven years as a Union Minister of State. Then variations began rising with the birthday party,”” Supriyo had stated after becoming a member of the TMC ultimate 12 months.

    Although his victory in Ballygunge previous this 12 months was once marred by way of a marketing campaign of “no vote for Supriyo” undertaken by way of some teams within the constituency, Supriyo, true to his curler coaster taste received the seat by way of over 20,000 votes in opposition to his CPI(M) rival Saira Shah Halim, who emerged in the second one place.

    Curiously, his former birthday party’s Keya Ghosh got here 3rd.

  • West Bengal: Uncertainty stays over Babul Supriyo’s oath-taking as TMC MLA

    Through PTI

    KOLKATA: There used to be no finish to the uncertainty over the oath-taking of newly elected TMC MLA Babul Supriyo, with the singer-turned-politician Sunday urging West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar to permit Meeting Speaker Biman Banerjee to preside over the rite, and the Raj Bhavan occupant turning down the request.

    The oath-taking of Supriyo, who used to be elected on a Trinamool Congress price tag from the Ballygunge constituency in Kolkata in a by-poll held previous this month, bumped into bothered waters as Dhankhar and Banerjee crossed swords over the process that must be adopted in regards to the programme.

    Supriyo, in a tweet on Sunday morning, stated: “For the sake of the folk of Ballygunge, who didn’t hv a MLA for a number of months for the reason that death of Subroto Mukherjee, I might request your excellency @jdhankhar1 ji to opposite the verdict & permit Honble Speaker to preside over my oath taking permitting me to start out my paintings (sic).”

    The governor, then again, in a urged reaction, stated it used to be no longer imaginable to simply accept Supriyo’s request, mentioning constitutional barriers.

    “Public area request of Shri Babul Supriyo, elected to the West Bengal Legislative Meeting from 161-Ballygunge Meeting constituency in quest of Governor for management of oath through Hon’ble Speaker isn’t applicable as no longer being in consonance with the Charter,” Dhankhar tweeted.

    “April 27 verbal exchange @SuPriyoBabul, 11 days after issuance of Certificates of Election, to Hon’ble Speaker for his oath as MLA is jurisdictionally incorrect and unwholesome optics as Speaker has no function or constitutional competency within the topic, except so assigned through Governor,” he stated.

    The governor additionally made it transparent that appointment of Deputy Speaker Dr Asish Banerjee as the individual to manage oath to Supriyo is in conformity with Article 188 of the Charter.

    “…Article 188 of Charter prescribes that member of the Legislative Meeting shall, ahead of taking his seat, make and subscribe oath ahead of the Governor, or some particular person appointed in that behalf through him,” Dhankhar added.

    The deputy speaker had previous stated he used to be no longer in a position to manage the oath of Supriyo, a former Union minister, “in presence of the Hon’ble Speaker (Biman Banerjee)”.

    The speaker had regretted the lengthen within the oath-taking, which he stated used to be “harming the pastime of other folks in Ballygunge”, however Dhankhar maintained that Biman Banerjee had no function or constitutional competence within the topic of administering oath, except assigned through the governor.

    If the governor does no longer habits the oath-taking rite, “he’s going to assign the duty to any person else. The oath will have to be learn as early as imaginable after successful the election. Differently, the MLA is disadvantaged of lots of his constitutional rights, and the folk of the constituency will endure on account of this,” Banerjee had stated.

  • Ballygunge bypoll: Defeated CPM nominee Saira Halim will get in Twitter spat with winner Babul Supriyo

    By means of PTI

    KOLKATA: Ballygunge meeting seat byelection winner Babul Supriyo of the Trinamool Congress and runner-up Saira Shah Halim of the CPM entered right into a struggle of phrases on social media on Sunday, with the previous BJP MP attacking her for appearing “no magnificence” after defeat and terming the Left celebration’s marketing campaign as “under the belt”.

    Taking to Twitter to retaliate, Halim mentioned that her celebration believes in a classless society the place the wealthy and the deficient is probably not differentiated via the wealth and assets they personal. “I’m relieved that we gained Ballygunge defeating the vile, grimy, regularly under the belt, non-public & false propaganda of @CPIM_WESTBENGAL,” Supriyo tweeted.

    And, now the girl who is a loser via other people’s verdict, does not display the grace to simply accept the defeat however as an alternative is going forward to name me ‘Corrupt’However I can humbly & flippantly benefit from the win letting her sulk within the ache of the loss Proves#EducationDoNotMakeOneEducated #LoserBjpCpim https://t.co/AY9eMnVXOU

    — Babul Supriyo (@SuPriyoBabul) April 16, 2022

    Supriyo, who joined the TMC in September ultimate yr after being dropped as a minister of state from the Narendra Modi executive, claimed that BJP candidate Keya Ghosh had her deposit forfeited for buying lower than 6 in step with cent of the entire votes solid.

    The newly-elected MLA from the distinguished Ballygunge seat in south Kolkata previous tweeted, “Even after a grimy deplorable marketing campaign filled with lies & deceit @CPIM_WESTBENGAL & Saira Shah Halim displays no magnificence, overlook disgrace.”

    He additionally sought to remind the CPM that it has no illustration within the West Bengal meeting with the Left Entrance no longer profitable any seat within the 2021 elections within the state.

    Reacting to Supriyo’s tweets, Halim tweeted, “We consider in a classless society, the place wealthy and deficient is probably not differentiated via the wealth and assets they personal. Any person who judges me as having ‘no magnificence’, is aware of what he’s preventing towards.”

    We consider in a classless society,the place wealthy and deficient is probably not differentiated via the wealth and assets they personal.

    Any person who judges me as having “no magnificence”, is aware of what he’s preventing towards.

    — Saira Shah Halim ‏‎‎سائرہ (@sairashahhalim) April 17, 2022

    Accusing the CPM of resorting to a communal marketing campaign within the byelection to Ballygunge, the place greater than 50 in step with cent of the voters are from the minority neighborhood, TMC spokesperson Kunal Ghosh mentioned, “It will have were given some votes, however that doesn’t imply a revival of the CPM is at the playing cards.”

    Ghosh mentioned that the TMC management will glance into how the Left celebration were given extra votes than what it had bagged within the ultimate elections. He mentioned that the CPM’s efficiency within the Asansol Lok Sabha by-election, which was once gained via the TMC’s Shatrughan Sinha with the BJP coming 2d, has been disastrous.

    Emerging from simply 5.61 in step with cent of the vote proportion in Ballygunge within the 2021 meeting elections, the CPIM) candidate notched up over 30 in step with cent of the votes polled within the by-poll, leaving in the back of the BJP to come back as much as the second one place.

    The CPM ultimate gained from Ballygunge in 2001 and secured a 3rd place in the back of the TMC and the BJP within the 2021 elections, which her husband Fuad Halim had contested.

  • TMC applicants Shatrughan Sinha, Babul Supriyo record nominations for by-polls in Bengal

    Through PTI

    KOLKATA: Trinamool Congress applicants Shatrughan Sinha and Babul Supriyo on Monday filed their nominations for by-polls to a Lok Sabha and an meeting seat to be hung on April 12 in West Bengal.

    Sinha has been fielded for by-election to the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency, whilst Supriyo was once nominated for the Ballygunge Meeting seat.

    Talking to newshounds after submitting his nomination at Alipore Survey Construction, Supriyo stated, “I’m grateful to ‘Didi’ (TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee) for giving me this chance to contest from the presitigious Ballygunge constituency. I’m actually honoured and settle for the problem.”

    The bypoll to Asansol was once necessitated as Supriyo resigned because the BJP MP after becoming a member of the TMC in September ultimate yr. The Ballygunge Meeting seat goes for polls as incumbent MLA and state minister Subrata Mukherjee died in November 2021.

    Sinha, a former BJP chief, filed his nomination on the administrative center of the district Justice of the Peace of Paschim Bardhaman.

    The actor-turned-politician had Sunday taken a jibe on the BJP for labelling him as an intruder, questioning what the saffron celebration makes of Top Minister Narendra Modi contesting from Varanasi. “If for nationwide figures just like the PM, contesting the Lok Sabha polls from any place is authorized, then the similar holds true for me as smartly,” he had stated.

    Through-polls to the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency and the Ballygunje meeting seat can be hung on April 12, and votes can be counted on April 16.

  • Resolution to give up BJP brought about by way of politics of hatred practised in birthday party: Babul Supriyo

    By means of PTI

    KOLKATA: TMC candidate for Ballygunge meeting by-poll, Babul Supriyo, who converted to the Mamata Banerjee-led birthday party from the BJP final September, on Friday stated his determination to give up the saffron birthday party was once brought about by way of politics of “hatred and divisiveness” practised by way of its contributors.

    The previous MP had left the BJP in a while after shedding his ministerial berth on the Centre.

    Ceaselessly trolled on social media over his determination to modify camps, Supriyo on Friday, tagging Bengal BJP’s professional web page, tweeted, “My determination to give up was once brought about by way of the politics of hatred, divisiveness (practised within the saffron camp). I may now not reconcile to such emblem of politics.”

    Saying that he would do no matter was once wanted to offer protection to the heritage, tradition and secular values of Bengal, Supriyo stated, “Other folks of Asansol know I had by no means practiced the sectarian and slender 70:30 or 80:20 politics in Bengal and can by no means do this.”

    The Left had accused the previous minister of fuelling communal sentiments following a insurrection in Asansol house of Paschim Bardhaman district in 2018.

    Alleging that he was once betrayed by way of the BJP management in Bengal, Supriyo said, “I’d paintings to uphold the motto of solidarity in variety.” He additionally stated that “he may now not settle for the common insults made to Bengalis, the refusal to recognize the great paintings of a Bengali”.

    Responding to his allegations, BJP nationwide vice-president Dilip Ghosh questioned why he “awoke to the real personality of the BJP this overdue”. “We by no means noticed any such treacherous character earlier than,” he stated.

    “If he thinks Bengalis aren’t getting due reputation, how come he was once made a union minister by way of Shri Narendra Modi in 2014, regardless of being a brand new entrant in politics? He was once a singer and had no political background. Has he forgotten how he was once defeated by way of the TMC in Tollygunje final yr?” Ghosh stated.

    Echoing him, BJP nationwide secretary Anupam Hazra stated it was once “ironical that Supriyo didn’t uncover those characteristics and vices” when he was once a minister “We’re fortunate to have were given ridden of such unprincipled unethical individual,” Hazra stated.

  • He gave us each more or less track imaginable in the preferred area: Babul Supriyo on Bappi Lahiri

    I ponder whether he wrote his personal epitaph in his remaining Instagram publish. It learn, “Outdated is gold” with a black and white image of him in his more youthful days. I owe my making a song profession to Bappi Lahiri and he has been greater than a circle of relatives to me. He composed my first music in 1990. I take note visiting Mumbai as a vacationer earlier than that and went with a letter from someone identified to lyricist Anand Bakshi introducing me as a tender skill. In fact, I had a track legacy to stay, being the grandson of Nemai Chand Boral. Bakshi drove me in his Premiere Padmini from Peri Go Highway to Bappi da’s bungalow. That was once the place I sang Chalte Chalte for him and the remainder, as they are saying, is historical past. However he at all times nurtured my skill than simply giving me a ruin for the sake of alternative.

    Once I after all gave up my mundane financial institution task in Kolkata and determined to stake the whole lot as a struggler in Bombay (1992), it was once at Bappi da’s area that I discovered solace. His folks, Aparesh and Bansuri Lahiri, either one of them established musicians themselves, at all times inspired me. Weekends have been all about soirees and celebrating track in combination. As a migrant Bengali in Mumbai, neighborhood fairs have been at all times at Bappi da’s house. I by no means overlooked the Saraswati Puja at his position.

    Bappi Lahiri gave up the ghost on Tuesday nigh. (Photograph: Specific Archive)

    I were given my first ruin in a Bengali movie, Roktonodir Dhaare, for which he had composed the track. Thereafter, he paired me for a duet with Ila Arun, who was once one of these powerhouse and had simply delivered the cult hit Choli Ke Peeche Kya Hai. However Bappi da by no means for as soon as let me really feel crushed through her bigness. My first Hindi movie music was once for Rishi Kapoor in Prem Yog (1994). He even composed songs in Assamese. The remaining time I interacted with him was once when he requested me to sing a Ganpati bhajan with Amruta Fadnavis, spouse of then Maharashtra Leader Minister Devendra Fadnavis. He was once so selfless and egoless about discovering a platform for you with none expectation of loyalty or even offered me to Kishore Kumar. A jovial, heat host, he at all times took excellent care of me with out having a look like a chaperone.

    Bappi Lahiri with Kishore Kumar’s son Amit Kumar. (Photograph: Specific Archive)

    Many of us are emphasising his disco track lately however his legacy is a ways more potent. He grew up within the purist classical traditions, enjoying the tabla at age 4 as accompanist to his folks, who carried out on level. It was once as a result of he was once grounded in classical track and understood it inside of out that he may adapt to and soak up different types of track without difficulty into his credo. For him, Sur was once Iswar, and he knew determine singers who may strike the fitting notes. And for all his synthesised sounds and instrumentation, he knew that the singer was once indispensable to his composition. He gave that artistry recognize. A superb singer himself, he lent his voice, not like many track composers, to numbers that he felt wanted his vocals. And he was once a livewire performer.

    Bappi Lahiri was once sometimes called ‘Disco King.’ (Photograph: Specific Archive)

    Bappi da has composed track for greater than 500 motion pictures in numerous genres and I have no idea why he isn’t given extra credit score for a lot of his melodious songs between 1990 and 2000. Who can overlook his compositions, Ogo Bodhu Sundori (Bengali), Sharaabi (1984) and Jalta Hai Jiya Mera (Zakhmee). I take note how each Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle revered him as a composer. Had he now not been a whole musician, he may now not have tailored a well-liked Bengali folks quantity to the cult hit Pyaar Bina Chain Kahaan Re (Saheb).

    Bappi da has composed track for greater than 500 motion pictures in numerous genres, says Babul Supriyo. (Photograph: Specific Archive)

    A willing follower of worldwide track, Bappi da will have to be credited for introducing Digital Dance Song (EDM) to India. He had a whole era of youngster swinging to his beats. I take note how confidently we waited for his album Superuna in 1982, a pop assortment he did with Bangladeshi artiste Runa Laila, and have been utterly mesmerised through Haiya Hoo. I take note when I used to be traveling Tanzania with him, the quintessential Bengali in him was once on the lookout for some house meals. A neighborhood gentleman mentioned he may get ready posto (a poppy seed delicacy in Bengal) and rice and Bappi da indulged himself to his center’s content material. And whilst you heard his compositions that have been impressed through African beats and rhythms, you have to infrequently consider that his creativity was once so world in its attraction. Thoughts you, he was once “influenced’ and “impressed”; he by no means copied.

    Bappi Lahiri with Kishore Kumar. (Photograph: Specific Archive)

    I’ve to say lyricist Pulok Bandyopadhya’s description of Bappi da. “Bappi can flip even a newspaper article right into a music.” Even Tabun Sutradhar, an iconic guitar participant within the business, as soon as informed me how Bappi da may improvise all through track classes with movie manufacturers, one thing no composer was once in a position to. He would stay the lyrics and compose any other song at the spot with outstanding agility. He gave us each more or less track imaginable in the preferred area. And that’s how we will have to take note him, as a whole artiste.

    (As informed to Rinku Ghosh)