Mamata, Netaji's nephew file nomination papers

April 08, 2016 20:43

Trinamool Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee today filed her nomination papers for the West Bengal Assembly elections from the prestigious Bhabanipur constituency in south Kolkata.

Deepa Dasmunshi, Congress candidate and wife of ailing Congress leader Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi, and BJP candidate Chandra Kumar Bose, grand nephew of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, also filed their nominations from the same constituency. Accompanied by a large number of supporters, the West Bengal Chief Minister came in a rally from Hazra to Alipore where she submitted her papers at the District Election Office.

TMC workers, who assembled there carrying party flags, shouted slogans in support of the party supremo causing a traffic jam for sometime. A large posse of policemen was posted in the area to maintain security and to control crowd.

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