BJP nominates MLA Agnimitra Paul towards Shatrughan Sinha of TMC for Asansol LS by-poll

By PTI

KOLKATA: The BJP on Friday named designer turned MLA Agnimitra Paul because the get together candidate for the by-election to the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency to contest towards Shatrughan Sinha of the Trinamool Congress.

For the by-poll to Ballygunje meeting seat in Kolkata, the BJP’s girls’s wing chief Keya Ghosh, a identified face in tv panel discussions, has been nominated because the get together candidate. She was pitted towards former union minister and TMC candidate Babul Supriyo.

The names have been introduced by the BJP central management in Delhi, the get together’s West Bengal spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya advised PTI. By-polls in each seats might be held on April 12 and votes might be counted on April 16.

Paul had been elected to the state meeting from the Asansol South seat in Paschim Bardhaman district final yr on BJP ticket.

TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee nominated actor turned politician Shatrughan Sinha to contest from the commercial metropolis of Asansol having a sizeable Hindi talking inhabitants.

The Left Front fielded senior CPI(M) chief Partha Mukherjee because the candidate for the by-election within the Asansol Lok Sabha seat. It named Saira Shah Halim of the CPI(M) as its candidate for the bypoll within the Ballygunge meeting seat. She is a identified face on prime time debate reveals on nationwide information channels.

The bypoll to Asansol was necessitated as Supriyo resigned because the BJP MP after becoming a member of the TMC in September final yr.

The Ballygunge Assembly seat goes to the by-election as incumbent MLA and state minister Subrata Mukherjee died in November 2021. Paul couldn’t be contacted for her remark as she didn’t reply to calls and textual content messages.

Keya Ghosh alleged that Supriyo had acted in essentially the most unethical method by switching loyalties. “Besides fighting against the TMC’s misrule and attack on democracy, my job will be to unmask Supriyo. He will be defeated in the by-poll,” she added.