Mamata to contest Bhabanipur bypoll
The Hindu
TMC announces candidates for Sept. 30 elections
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Sunday announced its candidates for bypolls for three Assembly constituencies in West Bengal scheduled for September 30. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will contest from Assembly segment 159 at Bhabanipur in Kolkata. Ms. Banerjee had represented the constituency in 2011 and 2016. With the Election Commission of India announcing bypolls, the State's ruling party has begun the campaign for Bhabanipur. Trinamool Congress supporters started painting wall graffiti in the area with “Khela Hobe” slogans seeking votes for the Chief Minister. In the Assembly poll held earlier this year, Ms. Banerjee had contested from Nandigram and lost to BJP’s Suvendu Adhikari by a narrow margin of 1,956 votes. To continue as Chief Minister, she has to get elected to the State Assembly within six months. The announcement of bypolls have come as a relief to the TMC leadership but the State BJP has raised questions on why polling in four other constituencies where bypolls are due has not been announced.More Related News