Through PTI
KOLKATA: Ananta Rai ‘Maharaj’, who has been hard {that a} separate state of ‘Larger Cooch Behar’ be carved out of West Bengal, on Tuesday mentioned he has been presented a Rajya Sabha price ticket by way of the BJP, after a gathering with Union MoS for House Nisith Pramanik.
Pramanik, the BJP MP of Cooch Behar, met the Larger Cooch Behar Peoples’ Affiliation (GCPA) chief at his place of dwelling, and held an hour-long assembly.
“I’ve been given an be offering (for Rajya Sabha). They mentioned they had been bearing in mind my identify. It’s not that i am hostile to it. Let’s examine what occurs,” Ananta advised newshounds with Pramanik by way of his facet.
Pramanik mentioned it would get advantages all the state if other people like him move to Parliament.
“We would like anyone from Cooch Behar like Ananta Maharaj, who works for the advance of the folks, to be despatched to the Higher Area. However I will not remark till the record is out as not anything is ultimate. Let the names be introduced formally,” he mentioned.
Six Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal will move to the polls on July 24, but even so, bypoll can also be held in some other seat from the state.
Alternatively, it was once now not straight away transparent whether or not Ananta Rai was once presented a price ticket to contest this kind of seats or shall be nominated to the Higher Area.
Ananta Rai ‘Maharaj’ heads probably the most factions of GCPA, which has been hard {that a} separate state be carved out of northern West Bengal.
With its 8 districts, together with picturesque Darjeeling, north Bengal is economically necessary for the state for its tea, bushes and tourism industries.
The area, which stocks a border with Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh, has witnessed a number of violent statehood actions for the reason that early eighties by way of quite a lot of ethnic teams akin to Gorkhas, Rajbanshis, Kochs and Kamatapuris.
A number of BJP MPs and MLAs from the area have advocated {that a} separate state or Union territory be carved out with those 8 districts.
Alternatively, the state BJP has maintained that it does now not strengthen such calls for.
The Trinamool Congress on Monday introduced its applicants for 6 Rajya Sabha seats.
Amongst them had been Derek O’Brien, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray and Dola Sen.
O’Brien, an MP since 2011, is the TMC’s chief in Rajya Sabha, whilst Ray, who was once first despatched to the Higher Area of Parliament in 2012, is the deputy leader whip.
Sen, a senior chief and industry unionist, changed into an MP in 2017.
The inexperienced persons at the record had been Bangla Sanskriti Mancha president Samirul Islam, TMC’s Alipurduar district president Prakash Chik Baraik, and RTI activist and TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale.
The bypoll shall be held in some other seat as former Goa leader minister Luizinho Faleiro resigned as a TMC MP in April.
The TMC has 216 MLAs within the 294-member meeting and enjoys the strengthen of 5 BJP MLAs, who converted to the ruling celebration however are but to renounce from the Area.
The BJP has a power of 70 within the meeting.
As in line with the numbers within the meeting, TMC gets six of those seven Rajya Sabha seats and the BJP one.
KOLKATA: Ananta Rai ‘Maharaj’, who has been hard {that a} separate state of ‘Larger Cooch Behar’ be carved out of West Bengal, on Tuesday mentioned he has been presented a Rajya Sabha price ticket by way of the BJP, after a gathering with Union MoS for House Nisith Pramanik.
Pramanik, the BJP MP of Cooch Behar, met the Larger Cooch Behar Peoples’ Affiliation (GCPA) chief at his place of dwelling, and held an hour-long assembly.
“I’ve been given an be offering (for Rajya Sabha). They mentioned they had been bearing in mind my identify. It’s not that i am hostile to it. Let’s examine what occurs,” Ananta advised newshounds with Pramanik by way of his facet.googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Pramanik mentioned it would get advantages all the state if other people like him move to Parliament.
“We would like anyone from Cooch Behar like Ananta Maharaj, who works for the advance of the folks, to be despatched to the Higher Area. However I will not remark till the record is out as not anything is ultimate. Let the names be introduced formally,” he mentioned.
Six Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal will move to the polls on July 24, but even so, bypoll can also be held in some other seat from the state.
Alternatively, it was once now not straight away transparent whether or not Ananta Rai was once presented a price ticket to contest this kind of seats or shall be nominated to the Higher Area.
Ananta Rai ‘Maharaj’ heads probably the most factions of GCPA, which has been hard {that a} separate state be carved out of northern West Bengal.
With its 8 districts, together with picturesque Darjeeling, north Bengal is economically necessary for the state for its tea, bushes and tourism industries.
The area, which stocks a border with Nepal, Bhutan and Bangladesh, has witnessed a number of violent statehood actions for the reason that early eighties by way of quite a lot of ethnic teams akin to Gorkhas, Rajbanshis, Kochs and Kamatapuris.
A number of BJP MPs and MLAs from the area have advocated {that a} separate state or Union territory be carved out with those 8 districts.
Alternatively, the state BJP has maintained that it does now not strengthen such calls for.
The Trinamool Congress on Monday introduced its applicants for 6 Rajya Sabha seats.
Amongst them had been Derek O’Brien, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray and Dola Sen.
O’Brien, an MP since 2011, is the TMC’s chief in Rajya Sabha, whilst Ray, who was once first despatched to the Higher Area of Parliament in 2012, is the deputy leader whip.
Sen, a senior chief and industry unionist, changed into an MP in 2017.
The inexperienced persons at the record had been Bangla Sanskriti Mancha president Samirul Islam, TMC’s Alipurduar district president Prakash Chik Baraik, and RTI activist and TMC spokesperson Saket Gokhale.
The bypoll shall be held in some other seat as former Goa leader minister Luizinho Faleiro resigned as a TMC MP in April.
The TMC has 216 MLAs within the 294-member meeting and enjoys the strengthen of 5 BJP MLAs, who converted to the ruling celebration however are but to renounce from the Area.
The BJP has a power of 70 within the meeting.
As in line with the numbers within the meeting, TMC gets six of those seven Rajya Sabha seats and the BJP one.