Kolkata: The mystery to who will be going head to head against Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee on Bhawanipur might soon get over. As many reports suggests that BJP might reveal the name of the advocate candidate Priyanka Tibrewal for this high voltage contest.
According to Media reports, BJP wanted to field big face against Mamata but all of them refused to fight as they fear of losing with big margin. BJP also contacted Superstar Mithun Chakraborty but he also refused citing health reasons. Reports also said Suvendu wanted to fight against Mamata but party did not gave permission.
So, who is Priyanka Tibrewal?
Born on July 7, 1981, in Kolkata, Tibrewal did her schooling at Welland Gouldsmith School and graduated from Delhi University. After that, she reportedly pursued a law degree from Hazra Law College, which is under Calcutta University, in 2007.
Advocate Priyanka Tibrewal, was also the legal adviser of Babul Supriyo, had joined BJP in August 2014 and has reportedly handled several important tasks. Tibrewal also contested the Kolkata Municipal Council elections as a BJP candidate in 2015 but she lost to Trinamool Congress’s Swapan Sammadar.
In 2021, she again contested the assembly election from Entally but lost to TMC’s Swarna Kamal Saha with a margin of 58,257 votes.
Over her 6-year period at BJP, she had handled several important tasks, In August 2020, she was made the vice president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) in West Bengal.
in an interview given to a news channel Priyanka Tibrewal said “The party has consulted me and asked my opinion on whether I would like to contest from Bhawanipur or not. There are many names and I am not yet aware of who will be the candidate. I would like to thank my senior party leaders for supporting me all these years.”
“If my party fields me from Bhawanipur against Mamata Banerjee, I will give my best and I am hopeful that people will support me in this battle of justice vs injustice,” she added.
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