A day after he was denied the ticket from the Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat, Arjun Singh said that he had been cheated by the Trinamool Congress (TMC), and it was a wrong decision on his part to quit the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and join the State’s ruling party.
“I was told at the last moment that I was not getting a ticket to contest [the 2024 Lok Sabha election]. If the party had told me earlier, I wouldn’t have gone [to the rally at the Brigade Parade Ground]. When I joined the TMC, I was told that I would get a ticket from Barrackpore. I am not a seasonal fruit. I am someone who works 12 months round-the-clock.” Mr. Singh told journalists.
The Trinamool Congress has nominated State Irrigation Minister and Naihati MLA Partha Bhowmick to contest from Barrackpore.
