Siliguri: For Siliguri mayor and former minister Ashok
Bhattacharya it is a fight to stage a comeback after his surprise defeat in the
2011 Assembly Election as he takes on former Indian football captain Baichung
Bhutia, who has taken the field as a Trinamool Congress nominee.
Bhattacharya had mobilised opposition forces and defeated
TMC in last year's election to Siliguri Municipal Corporation, which has come
to be known as a "Siliguri model".
It is being replicated in the assembly poll where Left and
Congress have joined hands to fight TMC.
Aware of the celebrity status of Baichung, 66-year old
Bhattacharya is leaving no stone unturned.
"After I lost in 2011 election, I did not flee. I stood
with the people and fought for them," he said.
TMC has fielded Baichung this time in place of Rudranath
Bhattacharya, the dean of North
BengaMedical College who had defeated the
CPI(M) stalwart in 2011, to encash on his celebrity status and get the support
of young voters.
Baichung, who had campaigned for Bhattacharya in 2011,
appeared in a new role this time and is toiling hard to cement his mass contact
by mingling with the people. Many young voters are seen taking selfies with
him.
Exuding confidence, he said "We are working unitedly.
My team is doing well. Hope the people will vote for me".
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