Before the Lok Sabha elections, a new political party has emerged with the old demand of North Bengal state as its main agenda.
The Bhumiputera United Party, which received registration from the Election Commission of India in January, has decided to field candidates on all eight Parliament seats in North Bengal and claims to represent various communities in the region.
“We have put the word ‘Bhoomiputra’ in the name of our party to prove that it is a political force that represents the sons of this soil,” he said. We have people from different communities and we want to try to fulfill our long-term demand of a separate North Bengal state, which can only accelerate the development of this region and the people living here,” party president Mohammad Sarwardy. , who is from Itahar, said. North Dinajpur.
According to him, the party has representatives from Rajbanshi, non-Rajbanshi Hindu, Muslim, Namashudra, Matua, tribal and Lepcha communities.
“No major political party has done anything for the socio-economic development of North Bengal. While some have made empty promises to fulfill our demands, others have resorted to bailout politics. Due to economic backwardness, thousands of people of North Bengal have become migrant workers. We have got registration from the ECI and we will field candidates on all eight Lok Sabha seats,” said party general secretary Ramesh Chandra Singha, who hails from Karandighi in North Dinajpur.
Bhumiputera United Party state convenor Anwar Hussain said the organization would hold a meeting in Mathabhanga on Sunday.
“We have formed a 115-member central committee and a central secretariat of 31 members. We will form district committees in Mathabhanga. In the Lok Sabha elections, we will field candidates from Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribe and general communities,” said Hussain, who lives in Cooch Behar.
A few years ago, the region witnessed political fragmentation as several new regional parties emerged in the hills.
“However, across North Bengal, no new political party has been formed in recent years. The new party claims it has representatives from different communities whose votes matter in various Lok Sabha seats in the region. We will have to wait to know whether the party’s presence will have any impact on the elections,” said a political observer.
