The Bharatiya Janata Get together (BJP) on Tuesday nominated its former West Bengal unit president Rahul Sinha for one of many 5 Rajya Sabha seats from the state that may go to polls on March 16.
5 seats from West Bengal are scheduled for election to the Higher Home this month.
“Rahul Sinha is a distinguished political character who strengthened the celebration’s base in West Bengal and served as state president in addition to a nationwide secretary,” the BJP stated.
With 75 legislators within the 294-member state meeting, in comparison with 215 of the All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), the BJP has the numerical energy to make sure Sinha’s victory.
On February 27, the AITC stunned many by nominating former state director normal of police Rajeev Kumar, Supreme Courtroom lawyer Menaka Guruswamy, Cupboard minister Babul Supriyo and actor Koel Mallick for the remaining 4 seats.
The phrases of TMC leaders Subrata Bakshi, Ritabrata Banerjee and Saket Gokhale, in addition to CPI(M) chief Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, are set to finish on April 2. The time period of TMC’s Mausam Noor was additionally because of finish on the identical day, however she resigned from the Rajya Sabha after returning to the Congress on January 3.
With no MLAs in West Bengal since 2021, the Congress and the Left events are usually not in rivalry for the Rajya Sabha seats.
