West Bengal Bypolls: BJP candidate for Bhabanipur Priyanka Tibrewal, a lawyer by profession, filed her nomination at Sarve Bhawan in Alipur on Monday. She was accompanied by the leader of opposition in the assembly Shubhendu Adhikari and BJP MP Arjun Singh along with other senior party leaders.
Bhabanipur will go to the bypolls on September 30 and results will be declared on October 3. The CPM has fielded advocate Srijib Biswas from the seat, while the Congress is not participating in the bypoll.
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Meanwhile, TMC supremo and West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee reached Sola Ana Masjid in Bhavanipur on Monday. CM Mamata had her head covered. People there started recording videos of her on their mobile phones.
Amit Malviya hits out at Mamata Banerjee
BJP IT cell's national in-charge Amit Malviya targeted Mamata Banerjee over the mosque visit. He tweeted, "If you thought Bhabanipur was a “no contest” and Mamata Banerjee was confident of winning hands down, forget it. She is sweating. This visit to Sola Ana Masjid is not “sudden” but a planned visit to seek votes from ward 77. In the next few days, she will hop from booth to booth".
Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay of Trinamool Congress, who won the Bhabanipur assembly seat in the last assembly elections, had resigned to field Mamata Banerjee from the seat, leading to the Election Commission announcing the bypoll. Mamata Banerjee had lost the election from Nandigram to BJP's Shuvendu Adhikari and will have to be elected by November 5 to retain the Chief Minister's post.