Trinamool Congress President and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will contest the elections. upcoming by-election From Bhawanipur assembly seat, as reported by news agency ANI on Sunday.
CM Banerjee walked out of her traditional Bhabnipur seat to contest in Nandigram during the assembly elections earlier this year, but lost to her former close aide Suvendhu Adhikari, who contested on a BJP ticket.
He has to win this by-election to retain his chief minister’s post.
TMC candidates Zakir Hussain and Amirul Islam will contest from Jangipur and Samserganj seats respectively.
The BJP, Congress and the CPI(M)-led Left Front are yet to announce their candidates.
The Election Commission has announced that it will hold by-elections to three vacant seats in the West Bengal Assembly and one assembly constituency in Odisha on September 30.
The counting of votes will take place on October 3.
Veteran politician Sovandeb Chattopadhyay stepped down as TMC MLA from Bhabnipur, giving Banerjee a chance to become a member of the state legislative assembly by contesting a by-election.
Chattopadhyay had defeated BJP’s actor-politician Rudranil Ghosh from Bhawanipur by nearly 28,000 votes.
The notification for the Bhabnipur by-election will be issued on September 6, with which the nomination process will begin. The last date for filing nominations is September 13, while the scrutiny of nomination papers will take place on September 14. September 16 is the last date to withdraw from the electoral battle.
According to an Election Commission statement, the Chief Secretary of West Bengal had urged that in view of administrative exigencies and public interest and to avoid a vacuum in the state, the by-election for Bhabnipur, from where CM Mamata Banerjee intends to contest. Yes, maybe. operated.
He has to become a member of the state legislature by November 5.
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