People destroyed BJP's ego: Babul Supriyo as TMC nears victory in Bengal bypolls
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As the TMC inches closer to victory in the Bengal bypolls, TMC candidate from the Balllygunge seat, Babul Supriyo, said people have destroyed the BJP's ego.
As the Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidates enjoy massive leads in the Bengal bypolls, the party's candidate from the Ballygunge seat, Babul Supriyo, has said, "People have destroyed BJP's ego".
"It is poetic justice that TMC won in Asansol. In Asansol, I won on my own credit. Today, people have destroyed the BJP's ego. The credit for the victory goes to Mamata Banerjee," he said.
Meanwhile, TMC candidate from the Asansol Lok Sabha seat, Shatrugan Sinha, is leading by a margin of over 2 lakh votes.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee also took to Twitter to thank the voters. She said, "I sincerely thank the electors of the Asansol Parliamentary Constituency and the Ballygunge Assembly Constituency for giving decisive mandate to AITC party candidates. We consider this to be our people's warm Shubho Nababarsho gift to our Ma- Mati- Manush organization. Salute to the voters for reposing faith in us, yet again."
I sincerely thank the electors of the Asansol Parliamentary Constituency and the Ballygunge Assembly Constituency for giving decisive mandate to AITC party candidates. (1/2)
The by-polls, which took place on April 12, were necessitated as Supriyo resigned as the MP of Asansol after switching over to the TMC from the BJP, while state minister Subrata Mukherjee, who represented Ballygunge, died last year.
