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I dedicate my victory to all those party workers who sacrificed their lives: BJP MP Locket Chatterjee

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | May 24, 2019, at 05:22 pm

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Kolkata, May 24 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party's new MP from West Bengal's Hooghly seat Locket Chatterjee on Friday dedicated her Lok Sabha polls victory to those party workers who sacrificed their lives for the sake of democracy.

West Bengal witnessed violence in all the seven phases of the Lok Sabha polls as well.

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Trinamool Bengal leader Locket Chatterjee thanks people for her and party’s victory in Lok Sabha elections #bjp #bjpbengal #locketchatterjee

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May 24, 2019 at 4:16am PDT

Speaking to the media, Locket, who is also a well-known actress in Bengal, said: "I am dedicating this victory to those party workers who have sacrificed their lives for the sake of democracy."

"This is a victory of democracy," she said.

Bharatiya Janata Party won 18 seats as results of the Lok Sabha Polls was declared on Thursday.

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BJP leader Mukul Roy addresses media after handsome gains of party in #Bengal #bjp #bjpbengal

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May 23, 2019 at 9:39am PDT

The ruling Trinamool Congress of state CM Mamata Banerjee managed to win 22 seats, down by several seats from the 2014 tally of 34.

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