West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC candidate from Bhabanipur, Mamata Banerjee will start her campaign for bypoll from September 8, Wednesday.
The TMC on Sunday officially announced Banerjee as its candidate for the by-election in the Assembly seat in south Kolkata.
“Mamata Banerjee will start her campaign as TMC candidate for the by-election in Bhabanipur constituency from September 8,” said sources.
The Election Commission has announced to hold by-elections to three assembly seats–Bhabanipur, Jangipur and Samserganj –in West Bengal on September 30.
Bhabanipur is the traditional seat of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. TMC on Sunday officially announced that Mamata Banerjee is the party’s candidate for the Bhabanipur assembly. Further, TMC leaders Jakir Hossain and Amirul Islam will be the party’s candidates for Jangipur and Samserganj seats respectively.
Earlier on Monday, sources said the Indian National Congress is unlikely to field a candidate against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in the upcoming by-elections. The counting of votes will take place on October 3.
The Bhabanipur’s seat was vacated by West Bengal’s agriculture minister Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay in May, making way for the chief minister to contest from there.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lost the assembly polls but emerged as the second-largest party with 77 seats.
Meanwhile, Taking a dig at West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Leader of Opposition in the state assembly Suvendu Adhikari asked what would happen if the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fields him against her in Bhabanipur seat in the upcoming by-elections.
Addressing a public meeting at Nadia on Sunday, Mr Adhikari said, “You are such a big chief minister! Who told you (Mamata Banerjee) to come to Nandigram? Have I gone to contest from Bhabanipur? Now, if the party asks me to contest from Bhabanipur, then what will happen? I defeated her by 1956 votes. You went to Nandigram, should I come to Bhabanipur in return?”
(With inputs from ANI)
