Mamata Banerjee Names Shatrughan Sinha As Trinamool Bypoll Candidate

Sunday, 13 March 2022Newsdesk

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday named Shatrughan Sinha as TMC's candidate for bypoll to Asansol parliamentary seat, and Babul Supiyo as nominee for Ballygunge assembly byelection.

New Delhi, 13 March 2022

As per news report of NDTV, "Happy to announce on behalf of the All India Trinamool Congress that Sri Shatrughan Sinha, former Union Minister and famed actor, will be our candidate in Lok Sabha by-election from Asansol," the TMC chief tweeted. "Sri Babul Supriyo, former union minister and noted singer, will be our candidate in Vidhansabha by-election from Ballygunge. Jai Hind, Jai Bangla, Jai Ma- Mati- Manush!" she wrote. The Asansol Lok Sabha seat fell vacant after Mr Supriyo, a two-time BJP MP, quit the saffron party last year and joined the TMC.

Source - NDTV