BJP not to field candidate for Rajya Sabha bypoll, TMC’s Jawhar Sircar set to be elected unopposed
The Hindu
Jawhar Sircar, the former Prasar Bharati CEO, on July 28 filed his nomination as TMC candidate in the office of the Assembly Secretariat
The BJP on July 29 announced it will not field any candidate for the bypoll to one Rajya Sabha seat from West Bengal, paving the way for the ruling TMC nominee Jawhar Sircar to be elected unopposed. Suvendu Adhikari, the Opposition leader in the West Bengal Assembly, said the saffron party will not nominate any candidate for the Rajya Sabha seat vacated by former TMC leader Dinesh Trivedi earlier this year. “Today is the last date for nomination of RS bypoll in W.B. BJP is not putting up any candidate for this seat. Outcome of the poll is defined and known to all... Our fight against this irrational Govt [government] will continue,” Mr. Adhikari, the BJP MLA from Nandigram, said on Twitter.More Related News