Byelections 2024: 2 BJP Turncoats Get TMC Tickets For Bypolls

The Trinamool Congress has announced its candidates for four upcoming West Bengal assembly bypolls, including former BJP MLAs Krishna Kalyani and Mukut Mani Adhikari.

TMC leaders Krishna Kalyani (left) and Mukut Mani Adhikari

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The Trinamool Congress has released the list of its four candidates for the upcoming West Bengal assembly bypolls. The four assembly seats that will be up for grabs next month are Raiganj, Ranaghat Dakshin, Bagda, and Maniktala. These are among the 13 seats going to bypolls in July. 

Raiganj: BJP turncoat Krishna Kalyani has been fielded from the Raiganj seat in Uttar Dinajpur district. A former BJP legislator, Kalyani won his first term as an MLA from Raiganj in the 2021 assembly elections, securing over 20,000 votes on a BJP ticket. However, in October of the same year, he switched to the TMC. In the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, the TMC has fielded him as their candidate from Raiganj. Kalyani had earlier resigned from his MLA post to contest in the Lok Sabha elections on a TMC ticket. However, Kalyani could not win.

Ranaghat Dakshin: Mukut Mani Adhikari is another former BJP MLA fielded by the TMC. He joined the TMC earlier this year. He is contesting the Ranaghat Dakshin Assembly seat in Nadia district. 

Bagda: The TMC has fielded Madhuparna Thakur as its candidate from the Bagda assembly seat in North 24 Parganas. She is the daughter of TMC's Rajya Sabha MP Mamata Bala Thakur.

Maniktala: The TMC is banking on Supti Pandey, the widow of Sadhan Pandey, to retain the Maniktala seat in Kolkata for the party. The seat fell vacant after his death.

TMC's candidates for the upcoming assembly bypolls are:

🟢Raiganj: Krishna Kalyani
🟢Bagdah: Madhuparna Thakur (daughter of RS- MP Mamatabala Thakur)
🟢Ranaghat Dakshin: Mukutmani Adhikari
🟢Maniktala: Supti Pandey (wife of the late Sadhan Pandey)#VoteForTMC #Elections2024 pic.twitter.com/GwIiLtp4Fn

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13 Assembly Constituencies To Go To Bypolls

The Election Commission earlier said that the bypolls would be held in 13 assembly segments. Apart from the four assembly constituencies in Bengal, Rupauli (Bihar), Vikravandi (Tamil Nadu), Amarwara (Madhya Pradesh), Badrinath (Uttarakhand), Manglaur (Uttarakhand), Jalandhar West (Punjab), Dehra (Himachal Pradesh), Hamirpur (Himachal Pradesh), and Nalagarh (Himachal Pradesh) will go to polls.

The notification for the bypolls in the constituencies will be issued on Friday, June 14. The last date for filing nomination papers will be June 21. The scrutiny of votes will be held on June 24 and candidates can withdraw their names till June 26.

The bypolls in the 13 constituencies will be held on July 10 and the results will be declared on July 13.

By-elections for these four assembly constituencies are scheduled for July 10, with the results set to be announced on July 13.

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