Results for: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

The Congress has strongly condemned the defacing of posters of party president Mallikarjun Kharge in Kolkata. The party’s general secretary (organisation) K.C. Venugopal has issued a stern warning, calling it an act of gross indiscipline. The incident has sparked a political crisis within the West Bengal Congress, with state chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury questioning the loyalty of Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee to the opposition alliance. Kharge has asserted that Banerjee remains an ally, but Chowdhury has expressed his disagreement.

Eight Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal will go to polls in the fourth phase of the 2024 general elections on May 13. The constituencies, located across south Bengal, will see prominent political figures contesting, including State Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders Mahua Moitra and Shatrughan Sinha, and BJP’s Dilip Ghosh and S.S. Ahluwalia. The fourth phase will also see the electoral debut of former cricketers Yusuf Pathan and Kirti Azad, who have been fielded by the TMC.

Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district, a traditional Congress bastion, is witnessing a tough battle between incumbent MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, Trinamool Congress candidate Yusuf Pathan, and BJP’s Nirmal Chandra Saha. Unemployment and workforce migration remain major issues in the constituency, leading to anti-incumbency sentiments against Chowdhury, who has held the seat for five consecutive terms since 1999. The TMC’s fielding of Pathan, a former India all-rounder, has injected excitement into the race, while the BJP hopes to make inroads into the region by banking on Saha’s popularity. Despite his declining vote share, Chowdhury remains a formidable force, and the ‘insider-outsider’ narrative is likely to influence voters’ decisions.