TMC Announces Candidates for Bypolls to 6 Assembly Seats in West Bengal

Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Sunday anunced candidates for vember 13 by-elections to six assembly seats in West Bengal.

TMC Anunces Candidates for Bypolls

party fielded Sangita Roy from Sitai in Cooch Behar district, Jay Prakash Toppo from Marihat in Alipurduar, Sanat Dey from Naihati and Sk Rabiul Islam from Haroa in rth 24 Parganas, Falguni Singhababu from Taldangra in Bankura and Sujoy Hazra from Medinipur in Paschim Medinipur district.

TMC won five of se seats in 2021 assembly polls, except for Marihat, which was held by BJP . bypolls were necessitated due to resignations of sitting MLAs of six assembly segments following ir victory in this year's Lok Sabha elections.

BJP has alrey anunced candidates for six assembly constituencies in state where bypolls will be held on vember 13, while Left Front and Congress are yet to anunce ir candidates for bypolls.

electoral contest is expected to be a litmus test for all political parties amid ongoing doctors' protests over rape-murder of a post-gruate trainee at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital.

Junior doctors in state h initiated a 'cease-work' following alleged rape and murder of ir colleague at RG Kar hospital on August 9.

y are w observing fast-unto-death since October 5 after nearly 50 days of 'cease-work' in two phases.

protesting doctors have been demanding justice for deceased woman medic at state-run hospital, and immediate removal of state Health Secretary NS Nigam.

ir or demands include establishment of a centralised referral system for all hospitals and medical colleges in state, implementation of a bed vacancy monitoring system, and formation of task forces to ensure essential provisions for CCTV, on-call rooms, and washrooms at ir workplaces. 

With PTI Inputs