West Bengal: BJP fields slain Suvendu Adhikari aide’s mother for Nandigram bypoll | India News
NEW DELHI: Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday fielded Hansirani Rath, mother of CM Suvendu Adhikari’s late personal assistant Chandranath Rath, from the Nandigram assembly seat for the bypoll.Chandranath was shot dead in West Bengal’s Madhyamgram two days before Suvendu took oath as chief minister.Suvendu visited the family shortly after, assuring them he would act as their household guardian.Meanwhile, Hansirani is also a five-term panchayat and panchayat samiti poll winner.The Nandigram seat in Purba Medinipur district was vacated by Adhikari, who retained Bhabanipur after winning both constituencies in the assembly elections.BJP also nominated Sarkar from the Rejinagar assembly constituency for the October 6 bypolls. Sarkar is a former BJP president of Murshidabad district and a member of the party’s state committee.The Rejinagar assembly constituency in Murshidabad district was vacated by Aam Janata Unnayan Party founder Humayun Kabir, who had also won from Nowda.
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On Sunday, the Trinamool Congress announced Sanchita Pradhan (Dey) as its candidate for Nandigram and Rabiul Alam Chowdhury for Rejinagar in the upcoming by-elections.The party made the announcement in a post on X, saying the candidates were being announced under the guidance and inspiration of its chairperson and former West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.“All India Trinamool Congress, under the guidance and inspiration of our Hon’ble Chairperson Smt @MamataOfficial, is pleased to announce the candidates for the upcoming Nandigram & Rejinagar by-elections. We wish Smt Sanchita Pradhan (Dey) and Shri Rabiul Alam Chowdhury the very best for this journey. May they carry forward the hopes and aspirations of the people with strength and determination,” the party said in the post.From Congress, Mohd. Abdullahil Kafi will contest from Rejinagar assembly constituency, while Milan Pradhan has been named the candidate from Nandigram.
