The Mamata Banerjee -led Trinamool Congress ( TMC ) announced its candidates on Sunday for the October 6 assembly bypolls at Murshidabad district’s Rejinagar and East Midnapore’s Nandigram and the Nagaon Lok Sabha seat in Assam , keeping the rival faction, which claims the right to the TMC’s poll symbol, a step behind.
Both factions met chief electoral commissioner Gyanesh Kumar in Delhi on Saturday. Sanchita Pradhan (Dey) and Rabiul Alam Chowdhury will contest the Nandigram and Rejinagar seats respectively, the party announced on X on around 7.30pm. It also announced that Abdul Salam will contest the Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll, which will also be held on October 6. The results for the two Bengal bypolls will be announced on October 9. The deadline for filing nominations is September 16, the day both factions must submit some additional documents to the EC to establish their claim on the symbol.
The CPI(M) and the Indian Secular Front (ISF) each won one seat in April while the Congress secured two. . What needs to be seen is how the people, who rejected a party three months ago and welcomed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), will express their disapproval once again. It is a routine process.
Because its Congress MP, Pradyut Bordoloi, resigned from the party and joined the BJP in March, a by-election to the Nagaon seat is being held.
Dr Santanu Sen, spokesperson of the rival faction led by MLA Ritabrata Banerjee, said, “It is natural for a political party to contest elections. We are hopeful that EC will come up with a decision,” Ritabrata said, adding, “Only the EC can decide who gets the symbol. ”
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Then leader of the Opposition, Suvendu Adhikari, won from his traditional seat, Nandigram, and also defeated Mamata Banerjee at her Bhabanipur seat. After being sworn in as chief minister, he decided to represent Kolkata’s Bhabanipur.
