Bhabanipur bypoll: BJP may field Priyanka Tibrewal against CM Mamata Banerjee
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Advocate Priyanka Tibrewal, who was the legal adviser of Babul Supriyo, is learnt to have been chosen as the candidate to challenge CM Mamata Banerjee for the high profile Bhabanipur seat.
New Delhi: The BJP seems to have zeroed in on one name to field against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from the Bhabanipur seat in the upcoming Assembly bypoll, and the name is likely to be announced on Thursday, according to reports in a section of media. Advocate Priyanka Tibrewal, who was the legal adviser of Babul Supriyo, is learnt to be the candidate to challenge CM Mamata Banerjee for the high profile seat. Tibrewal earlier contested the Kolkata Municipal Council elections as a BJP candidate in 2015 but lost to Trinamool Congress’s Swapan Sammadar. She joined the BJP in August 2014 and has reportedly handled several important tasks. In August 2020, she was made the vice president of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha (BJYM) in West Bengal. In 2021, she contested the assembly election from Entally but lost to TMC’s Swarna Kamal Saha with a margin of 58,257 votes.More Related News