Former Prasar Bharati CEO Jawahar Sircar Files Rajya Sabha Nomination

Jawahar Sircar filed his nomination paper in the presence of West Bengal Parliamentary minister and TMC Secretary General Partha Chatterjee.

Jawahar Sircar, former Prasar Bharati CEO Wednesday filed nomination as Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha candidate. Mr Sircar filed his nomination paper in the office of the assembly secretariat in the presence of West Bengal Parliamentary minister and TMC Secretary General Partha Chatterjee. The Rajya Sabha seat fell vacant after TMC leader Dinesh Trivedi resigned from his post to join BJP ahead of the state assembly poll held earlier this year. The Rajya Sabha by-election is scheduled to be held on August 9, notification for which was issued on July 22.