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Mamata to contest from Bhowanipur, sitting MLA steps down (Ld)
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Mamata Banerjee. (File photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Kolkata, May 21 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who had lost the Assembly elections from Nandigarm against her one-time aide-turned BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, is likely to contest the bypoll from Bhowanipur, the south Kolkata constituency she had represented twice since 2011.
Earlier in the day, the sitting Trinamool Congress MLA from Bhowanipur, Sovandeb Chattopadhyay, tendered his resignation to Assembly Speaker Biman Banerjee, which was immediately accepted.
Speaker Banerjee said in a statement, Chattopadhyay has resigned on his own will and he has not been forced to do so. So, I accept the resignation.
The building of the Election Commission of India.
The wife of Trinamool Congress candidate Kajal Sinha who died of Covid-19 on April 25 has filed a complaint of murder against the Election Commission, reported NDTV. Sinha is among four politicians, contesting the West Bengal Assembly elections, who have succumbed to the disease within a span of 10 days.
Sinha’s wife, Nandita Sinha, has accused Deputy Election Commissioner Sudeep Jain and other officials of the poll panel of “careless and negligent” behaviour, which caused her husband’s death. Nandita Sinha’s police complaint alleged that the Election Commission had “self-serving blind motives” as the country dealt with the coronavirus crisis.