Shatrughan Sinha to contest Asansol by-poll on TMC ticket: Mamata

Shatrughan Sinha to contest Asansol by-poll on TMC ticket: Mamata

Shatrughan Sinha to contest Asansol by-poll on TMC ticket: Mamata

Lok Sabha seat fell vacant after Supriyo resigned, Voting on Apr. 12

New Delhi, March 13 (Delhi Crown): In a surprise move, Trinamool Congress chief and Mamata Banerjee on Sunday announced that cinestar of yesteryears Shatrughan Sinha will be her party’s candidate for the Asansol Lok Sabha by-poll, to be held next month.

The Asansol by-poll was necessitated after BJP MP Babul Supriyo had resigned in October last year.

The by-poll is slated to be held on April 12.

“Happy to announce on behalf of the All-India Trinamool Congress that Shatrughan Sinha, former union minister and famed actor, will be our candidate in Loksabha by-election from Asansol,” tweeted Mamata on Sunday afternoon.

In another successive tweet, the West Bengal CM said – “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!”

Asansol lies in West Bengal and is adjacent to Jharkhand, formerly a part of Bihar state. Sinha, who originally hails from Bihar, enjoys a mass appeal in Bihar and Jharkhand.

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