Kolkata: Saayoni Ghosh’s choice as a Lok Sabha candidate didn’t take anybody abruptly. Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders current on the celebration’s mega rally at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade grounds mentioned the truth that Mamata Banerjee fielded her from the distinguished Jadavpur parliamentary seat — from the place Mamata made her parliamentary debut after defeating Left veteran Somnath Chatterjee — is being seen as a reward for Ghosh’s laborious work.
The 31-year-old has been fielded rather than sitting MP and actor Mimi Chakraborty, who was elected from Jadavpur within the 2019 common elections.
Saayoni Ghosh, who can also be an actor, hit the marketing campaign path simply hours after her identify was introduced by TMC common secretary Abhishek Banerjee Sunday. With supporters by her facet, she walked the streets of Jadavpur, assembly and greeting voters. The BJP has additionally introduced its candidate from this seat, Dr Anirban Ganguly, who has been campaigning since final week.
Interestingly, each Saayoni Ghosh and Anirban Ganguly contested the 2021 meeting polls — from Asansol Dakshin and Bolpur respectively — and misplaced. However, the 2 might be locking horns from Jadavpur this time after their respective events reaffirmed their religion in them.
“In 2021, TMC fought with the slogan Bangla nijer meye ke chaye (Bengal wants its own daughter) and Didi (Mamata Banerjee) told me to let the daughter of Jadavpur return to Jadavpur. I am from Jadavpur, and this is a prestigious seat and the bigger the challenge, the better. I am very confident,” mentioned Saayoni as she crisscrossed the streets of Jadavpur, waving to native residents.
“I am not an armchair politician. In the last three years, I have worked in three films and addressed 300 sabhas,” added Ghosh.
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Connect with youth, a 2021 arrest
The white cotton saree, white slippers, hair in a prime knot, Ghosh comes throughout as a younger Mamata Banerjee who rose by way of the ranks from scholar politics herself earlier than changing into the primary lady chief minister of West Bengal.
It’s been solely two and half years since Ghosh joined the TMC. The 31-year-old actor just lately misplaced her mom on account of extended sickness however continued her political engagements the very subsequent day. In 2021, after dropping the Vidhan Sabha polls, she was appointed president of the TMC’s youth wing, taking on cost from Mamata’s nephew Abhishek Banerjee.
Ghosh’s 2021 arrest in an try and homicide case in Tripura immediately made headlines. The TMC stood behind her, with Abhishek Banerjee flying all the way down to Tripura, a delegation assembly Home Minister Amit Shah and Mamata saying she would elevate the arrest with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She acquired bail a day after her arrest.
“Even though the TMC failed to overturn the Tripura government, Saayoni was seen leading from the front, where her fight didn’t go unnoticed by the leadership. Saayoni has a youth connect, Mamata Banerjee has been heard praising her singing skills on stage as well,” political analyst Jayanta Ghoshal instructed ThePrint.
When Ghosh was campaigning for the 2021 meeting polls in Asansol, she climbed down into the Eastern Coalfields Ltd coal mine to hunt votes from miners who come from close by villages. Acknowledging her as a “streetfighter” Mamata campaigned for her.
(Edited by Gitanjali Das)
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