BJP Files Nominations in All 17 Kailashahar Wards, Tinku Roy Leads Rally

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday filed nomination papers for all 17 wards of the Kailashahar Municipal Council ahead of the upcoming civic elections. A large procession, attended by a sizeable gathering of party workers and supporters, accompanied the candidates to the office of Sub-Divisional Magistrate and Returning Officer Shantimoy Debbarma, where they formally submitted their nomination papers in the presence of state Minister Tinku Roy.

Before the filing, a colourful rally carrying all 17 candidates started from the premises of the BJP Unakoti district office at Paiturbazar. The procession passed through several major roads of the town before reaching the Sub-Divisional Magistrate’s office.

Among those present were Minister Tinku Roy, BJP Unakoti district president Bimal Kar, former MLAs Malina Debnath and Mobswar Ali, party leader Arun Saha, former Kailashahar Municipal Council chairperson Chapala Rani Debroy and BJP leader Shyam Kumar Sinha, along with other party functionaries and a large number of workers and supporters.

The BJP candidates for the 17 wards are Sushanta Malakar (Ward 1), Suparna Chakraborty (Ward 2), Ruman Ali (Ward 3), Kartik Chandra Das (Ward 4), Pinky Das (Ward 5), Aparna Roy (Ward 6), Sanghamitra De (Ward 7), Shyamal Dasgupta (Ward 8), Surajit Chowdhury (Ward 9), Bhargab Dutta (Ward 10), Shyama Prasad Roy (Ward 11), Mamli Das (Ward 12), Panchali Palit (Ward 13), Ipsita Das (Ward 14), Prashanta Mitra (Ward 15), Suma Ghosh (Ward 16) and Shibani Sinha (Ward 17).

Speaking to reporters after the nomination filing, Minister Tinku Roy claimed that Kailashahar had witnessed extensive development over the past eight years under the BJP-led government in the state, and that the process was continuing. He said infrastructure projects undertaken in recent years included an indoor hall, sports complex, youth hostel, working women's hostel, modern Sub-Divisional Magistrate's office building, Public Works Department and court buildings, besides improvements to roads and drainage systems. He claimed that such development had not taken place in the town during the preceding 50 years.

Roy also said the party had nominated young, educated candidates with an interest in social service. Expressing confidence in the BJP's prospects, he said voters would support the development agenda and help realise the state government's vision of a 'Srestha Tripura'. He predicted a decisive victory for all 17 BJP candidates.