Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, the president of the West Bengal Congress, slammed the Trinamool Congress, claiming that it had deceived Muslims and that Muslims throughout Bengal were aware of TMC's role as a Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) agent. He said, “Muslims can be cheated once but not always”. His remarks were made following Congress' victory in the Sagardighi byelection.
“TMC earlier has defeated Congress many times by torturing people with the help of police. As I said Congress is not going to lose & today it is proved, Congress is a party that defeats:” the Congress MP added further.
Chowdhury skipped the Congress plenary meeting in order to concentrate on his campaigning in his hometown of Murshidabad. Along with the Left Front, the party fought the election.
The Sagardighi Bypolls:
The three-time TMC MLA and state minister Subrata Saha's death in December of last year prompted a byelection for the Sagardighi assembly seat. The TMC, which has been holding the seat since 2011, triumphed in 2021 by a margin of about 50,000 votes, garnering more than 50 per cent of all votes cast, compared to the BJP's 24 per cent and the Congress-Left alliance's 19 per cent.
The main contenders were: Debashish Banerjee of the TMC, Dilip Saha of the BJP, and Bayron Biswas of the Congress.
The byelection to West Bengal's Sagardighi assembly constituency in Murshidabad district was peaceful, with more than 73 per cent of the 2.3 lakh voters exercising their rights on February 27.