TMC candidates Shatrughan Sinha, Babul Supriyo file nominations for by-polls in Bengal

On Monday Trinamool Congress candidates Shatrughan Sinha and Babul Supriyo filed their nominations for by-elections. Actor turned politician Shatrughan Sinha will fight the Lok Sabha by-election from Asansol, while Supriyo was nominated for the Ballygunge Assembly seat.

The by-polls are supposed to be held on 12 April and the counting of the votes is to be done on 16 April.

Speaking to the media after filing his nomination Supriyo said that he is thankful to ‘Didi’ for giving him this opportunity to contest from the presitigious Ballygunge constituency.

The Ballygunge Assembly seat is going for polls as incumbent MLA and state minister Subrata Mukherjee died in November 2021.

Shatrughan Sinha, a former BJP leader, filed his nomination at the office of the district magistrate of Paschim Bardhaman.

The BJP on Friday announced Agnimitra Paul against TMC’s star candidate Shatrughan Sinha and Keya Ghosh against Babul Supriyo as its candidates for the by-elections to the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency and the Ballygunge Assembly segment, respectively.