West Bengal: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has started preparing for the Rajya Sabha elections to be held in West Bengal. He has declared 6 candidates for 6 seats in the state. These include the names of Derek O'Brien, Dola Sen, Sukhendu Shekhar Ray, Sameerul Islam, Prakash Chik Badaik and Saket Gokhale.
West Bengal: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has started preparing for the Rajya Sabha elections to be held in West Bengal. She has declared 6 candidates for 6 seats in the state. These include the names of Derek O’Brien, Dola Sen, Sukhendu Shekhar Ray, Sameerul Islam, Prakash Chik Badaik and Saket Gokhale.
Let us tell you, the Election Commission has announced the election schedule for 10 seats of Rajya Sabha. In this, voting will be held on July 24 for 6 seats in West Bengal, 3 in Gujarat and one seat in Goa.
According to the information, this time TMC party has given ticket to Sameerul Islam and Prakash Chik Baraik for Rajya Sabha elections in place of Shanta Chhetri and Sushmita Dev. Sameerul Islam is the president and social worker of Bangla Sanskriti Manch. At the same time, Prakash Chik Baraik is the Trinamool president of Alipurduar district.
Initially there was speculation that TMC might give Rajya Sabha ticket to Kunal Ghosh again. Abhijit, son of Pranab Mukherjee, who left the Congress party and joined Trinamool, was also considered for ticket. However, the Trinamool Congress has fielded a new face by not giving tickets to both of them.
The term of six MPs from the state, Derek O’Brien, Sushmita Dev, Dola Sen, Sukhendushekhar Roy, Shanta Chhetri, ends on August 18. Among them, Shanta and Sushmita have been dropped from this list. The team has given tickets to Dola, Sakhendushekhar, Derek.
