The Trinamul Congress has showcaused six office-bearers in the Dinhata subdivision of Cooch Behar district, asking them to explain why they are abstaining from election campaigns.

“They have been asked to reply within three days and if the response is not satisfactory, the party will take action against them,” said Partha Pratim Roy, the Cooch Behar district Trinamul president.

Mir Iqbal Kabir, Milan Sen, Babla Nandi, Ajay Roy, Sabir Saha Choudhury and Taranikanta Burman were showcaused.

“There is a clear instruction that all party workers and leaders should join the election campaign in their respective areas. These people seem to be reluctant to campaign for our Dinhata candidate Udayan Guha,” said a district leader.

Guha was fielded by Trinamul in Dinhata for the second time. After his name was announced, there have been protests by party supporters against his nomination.

Taranikanta, a member of Dinhata 2 panchayat samiti, however, appeared nonchalant. “The district president has made some posts in social media about the showcause. Once we receive it, we will give the apt reply,” he said.

Congress supporters demonstrated in front of the party’s district headquarters in Cooch Behar on Wednesday, demanding that Rabin Roy be replaced with Debendranath Burma as the Tufanganj candidate.

Keshab Roy, the district Congress chief, said the state leadership had been intimated about the revolt.

In the neighbouring district of Alipurduar, posters sprang up across Alipurduar town on Tuesday night, demanding a son of the soil as a BJP candidate.

The BJP fielded economist Ashok Lahiri in the Alipurduar seat. Ever since the announcement was made, protests in different forms have been witnessed in the district.

Some BJP supporters also want the party to field a new candidate in the Kalchini seat of the district. Bishal Lama, a former Gorkha Janmukti Morcha leader, was fielded by the BJP in Kalchini.