The ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) in West Bengal is learnt to have nearly finalised its checklist of candidates for the bypolls to the six Meeting seats slated to be held subsequent month.
Get together sources mentioned the TMC has determined to decide on contemporary faces for the bypolls however might not give a ticket to any star candidate this time.
A senior TMC chief mentioned, “Already, I-PAC (Indian Political Motion Committee) collected names of celebration leaders acceptable to voters. Accordingly, they’ve urged three names from every constituency and submitted the checklist to our celebration supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. By the way, Abhishek Banerjee, our celebration’s quantity two chief, and I-PAC head Pratik Jain are actually within the US for private causes. We’re not certain whether or not the names can be introduced earlier than or after their return. However the checklist that was submitted to the celebration supremo was proven to them as nicely.”
Within the Naihati Meeting seat, celebration city president Sanat De is learnt to be the primary selection. Nevertheless, state Trinamool Chhatra Parishad president Trinankur Bhattacharya’s identify has additionally been doing the rounds. The seat fell vacant after sitting TMC MLA Partha Bhowmik gained the Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency defeating BJP candidate Arjun Singh.
Equally, the celebration organisation, it has been learnt, desires its West Midnapore president Sujay Hazra to contest the Medinipur bypoll. “If Hazra may be the MLA and the district celebration president on the identical time, his management can be firmly established within the district. So, the celebration management is contemplating his identify for this seat,” mentioned one other senior TMC chief.
Within the Taldangra seat, the TMC is reportedly contemplating nominating Bankura zilla parishad sabhadhipati Anasua Roy. The seat fell vacant after sitting MLA and TMC district president Aroop Chakraborty acquired elected to the Lok Sabha from the Bankura constituency. Sources mentioned Chakraborty urged two to a few names however the celebration has not agreed to them.
In Haroa, which fell vacant after Haji Nurul Islam grew to become an MP, the celebration might select Haji Islam’s son Rabiul Islam because the candidate. By the way, Haji Islam handed away final month.
Sources additionally confirmed that the TMC was seeking to discipline contemporary faces within the Sitai and Madarihat constituencies of North Bengal.
Bypolls can be held in six Bengal constituencies — Sitai (SC), Madarihat (ST), Naihati, Haroa, Medinipur, and Taldangra — on November 13 and the counting of votes will happen on November 23.