GUWAHATI: The Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party under the Presidentship of Amit Shah has finalized the list of candidates from Assam for the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
The Committee has decided to field Queen Ojha from Gauhati Constituency to contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.
It is to be mentioned that in 2014, Bijoya Chakravarty contested against 18 candidates who were in the fray including former Assam cabinet minister, Akon Bora’s son, Manash Bora, and Asom Gana Parishad’s bigwig Birendra Prasad Baishya and won by the second highest margin of 3,15,784 votes that year. She received a total of 7,64,985 votes (50.59%) out of total of 15,11,729 votes (74% turnout) in the election.
Yet, there are mixed reactions among the people of her constituency on the four years of her tenure. While many have expressed concern regarding the perennial issues of the city that over the years had not only been resolved but instead aggravated, several also opined that the city needs a more proactive leader to represent them in the parliament.
“Chakravarty has been an MP of this constituency for too long and the people of the city have almost forgotten how it could have grown under a proactive leader. Every major construction, every major project in the city is stalled. Being an MP, it is her job to look into the various national projects that are going on here and ensure their speedy completion,” Bokul Chandra Das, a retired employee in Guwahati said.
In the same vein, another resident of the city expressed, “We have hardly seen our MP in the constituency during the past few years. Also, she has a responsibility towards the people of her constituency. She should have raised more questions and issues about the problems in Assam and also have initiated a lot of developmental work which continues to be lacking in the city.”
Speaking to media, Queen Ojha said, “I will not make any promises because my work is my identity and it will speak for itself. My focus is on the development of the constituency and I will continue to work towards it."
