Two celebrities are contesting elections from Asansol, West Bengal.
Babul Supriyo, bollywood singer and BJP candidate.
He is the current MP from this constituency.
The second is Moon Moon Sen, who is a Bengali actress...
...from the ruling Trinamool Congress party.
In 2014, Narendra modi and Babul Supriyo had promised...
...that they would revive the closed factories here.
But, that did not materialise. People are questioning their MP...
...Supriyo, that in spite of being the industry minister at the centre...
...why could he not save the factories in this area.
Babul Supriyo had won the elections here.
After his victory, in these past 5 years...
he was either seen playing football...
...or riding a bike in a rally.
Most importantly...
...we were trying to revive Hindustan Cables...
...along with Mamata Banerjee.
But, Babul Supriyo who is the heavy industries minister as well and...
...despite being so, shut down Hindustan Cables.
Babul Supriyo, being the heavy industries minister...
...shut down the Burn Standard Company's Asansol unit.
This is the achievement of Babul Supriyo, the MP from Asansol.
The money that this MP receives...
...is 5 crores per year. Hence, they get 25 crores in 5 years.
In Asansol, where the elections are going to happen soon, our candidate...
...of the Trinamool Congress, Moon Moon Sen, sen has been the MP from Bankura.
Examine the data there...
...and you will find that Moon Moon Sen has utilised...
...94 per cent of the funds and submitted the utilisation certificate too.
On the other hand, when Babul Supriyo...
...received 25 crores...
he could utilise just 54 per cent of those funds.
He did not spend that money in Asansol area.
He spent it on railway infrastructure.
That's Babul Supriyo's expenditure.
Hence, everyone in Asansol has decided...
...that Babul Supriyo, who represented Asansol's common people...
...or the BJP, irrespective of religion...
...would not be able to divide us in the name of religion.
That is not possible. Babul Supriyo will also fail.
People of every religion here, would unitedly...
...oust Babul Supriyo on 23rd May as a response to their injustice.
We will send him packing from Asansol...
...to Bombay.
Modi's government at the centre for the past 5 years, has inflicted atrocities...
...on the common man belonging to every strata of the society.
So, on April 29th, this injustice would be questioned...
...by everyone at Asansol.
The biggest issue is of business. We are businessmen.
But, our business has fallen flat all of a sudden.
We are not sure of the reason, though. The MPs...
...install street lights or build roads here and do not pay heed to anything else.
This is not a solution to our problems.
The manufacturing unit nearby is shut down.
If that was functional, we too would have benefitted...
...due to rotation in the market. That is not happening.
The MPs come...
...here, roam around in their constituencies and go back.
They inspect the road and water issues and go back.
There was a pipe industry at Kulti. There were other factories too.
Right now, only eighty-two exist where our sales are functional in Berhampore.
In Durgapur, majority of the factories are shut down.
The government has backed off. There was a aluminium plant at J.K. Nagar...
...and also a glass factory here that is closed since a long time.
Babul Supriyo has been a minister and the MLA from this place.
What do you think about his contribution to this constituency?
We did not really understand the work that he did here.
He did install street lights and built roads.
He shut down the factories that were functional.
He had promised...
For that matter, he was the heavy industries minister... -Yes, yet...
He had assured us that, if voted, Hindustan Cables would be made functional.
It was a big factory. -Absolutely.
He had even said that the factory at Kulti would also be revived.
But, when he came to power everything was shut.
The promises made were not completely met.
Everything that was done was at a local level.
Only the local body did their job.
But, the centre did not keep its word.
Taxes prior to GST such as...
...VAT, sales tax and the toll tax...
...were abolished and replaced by a single tax.
Documentations are to be done for that. Nothing else.
The work done under 'Clean India campaign'...
...is quite impressive.
Modi is a good person.
Everyone supports him. He will come to power again.
The people here in Asansol...
...do not care about the Hindu-Muslim issue.
But, if some outsider creates unrest, then there's mutual tension.
Some outside entity creates a hostile atmosphere and people get trapped in it.
Here, according to me, the competition is...
...between BJP and TMC.
CPM was strong earlier, but not now.
Many people said that Priyanka Gandhi looks like Indira Gandhi.
Yes. She does look like her. But, looks do not matter.
Instead, their work would matter.
Moon Moon Sen, who is the candidate of Mamata Banerjee...
...her wall painting is more prevelant.
I am doing painting work since 30-35 years.
I do not get as much work as before because of the availability of flex in the market.
Printing has definitely hampered our job.
Earlier, elections were like Durga Puja for us.
It was like a celebration. We wished for many elections within 5 years...
...so that we would get more work.
In Bengal, employment for the youth is the key issue.
The prices of good...
must be standardised.