Mamata Banerjee Names Shatrughan Sinha, Babul Supriyo As TMC Candidates For Bypolls

Kolkata: West Bengals Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday announced Shatrughan Sinha as TMC's candidate for bypoll to Asansol parliamentary seat and Babul Supriyo as nominee for Ballygunge assembly byelection.

Taking to the micro-blogging site Twitter, Banerjee informed the same and Tweeted, Happy to announce on behalf of the All India Trinamool Congress that Sri Shatrughan Sinha, former Union Minister and famed actor, will be our candidate in Loksabha by-election from Asansol.''

''Sri 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!, she added.

The Asansol Lok Sabha seat went vacant after Supriyo, a two-time BJP MP, quit the BJP last year and joined TMC.

On the other hand, the Ballygunge assembly seat fell vacant after the demise of state minister Subrata Mukherjee.

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