Siliguri, 28th December: If not nominated as a BJP candidate, Hanuman Prasad Agarwal might contest the upcoming municipal elections as an independent candidate in Ward No. 41. He collected the nomination papers on Tuesday.
Agarwal said he has been a part of the BJP for many years and is a veteran leader of the party. In the course, he spoke to MLA Shankar Ghosh, Anandamoy Barman, and Shikha Chatterjee to provide him ticket for the election.
“If I do not get the ticket, I will contest as an independent candidate,” he asserted.