BJP announces candidates for Tripura Assembly bypolls
The Hindu
BJP nominates Taffajal Hussain & Bindu Debnath for Sep 5 bypolls in Tripura's Sepahijala district. Union Min. Pratima Bhoumik's resignation & death of CPI(M) MLA Samsul Haque necessitated by-elections. CPI(M) fields Kaushik Chanda & Mijan Husain as nominees. Last date for filing nomination papers Aug 17, counting of votes on Sep 8.
The BJP has announced its candidates for the September 5 bypolls to Dhanpur and Boxanagar Assembly constituencies in Tripura’s Sepahijala district, a party leader said in Agartala on August 16.
The party nominated Taffajal Hussain for the Boxanagar Assembly seat and Bindu Debnath for the Dhanpur segment, he said.
Mr. Hussain is a local leader of Boxanagar, while Mr. Debnath is the party's mandal president in Dhanpur.
“Senior leaders are going to Boxanagar and Dhanpur to begin booth-level campaign from today. Our candidates will file nomination papers on Thursday," Tripura BJP's media in-charge Sunit Sarkar said.
The bypoll to the Boxanagar constituency was necessitated due to the death of CPI(M) MLA Samsul Haque.
Union Minister Pratima Bhoumik’s resignation as the MLA of Dhanpur necessitated the by-election to that seat.
The CPI(M)-led Left Front has fielded Kaushik Chanda and Mijan Husain as its nominees for Dhanpur and Boxanagar Assembly constituencies respectively.