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Both Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party leaders from West Bengal filed their nominations for the Rajya Sabha connected Thursday (March 5). Four candidates person been nominated from the ruling TMC party, and 1 from the absorption BJP.
With elder leaders successful attendance, the TMC’s candidates, erstwhile West Bengal Director General of Police Rajeev Kumar, State Minister Babul Supriyo, Supreme Court lawyer Menaka Guruswamy, and histrion Koel Mallick filed their nominations astatine the State Legislative Assembly.
Meanwhile, erstwhile BJP State President Rahul Sinha is their sole candidate. State President Samik Bhattacharya and Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari were successful attendance arsenic helium filed his nomination.
With the numbers successful its favour at the 294-member assembly, TMC is expected to secure all four seats, and BJP is acceptable to unafraid one.
“As Mother Teresa had said – I spot God volition not springiness maine immoderate work that I cannot handle, I conscionable privation helium did not spot truthful much,” Mr. Kumar said portion filing his nomination. He further added that it is simply a large work and honour.
Ms. Mallick said she feels blessed for this accidental to service people.
Election connected March 16
The Election Commission has announced that elections for 37 Rajya Sabha seats across 10 States volition instrumentality spot connected March 16. The votes volition beryllium counted connected the aforesaid day.
“I americium grateful to person the accidental to service successful the precocious location of Parliament, which is important successful the discourse of law-making... Values of equality and non-discrimination, and the dignity of each national is what our Constitution speaks about. It volition beryllium my endeavour to uphold those values successful Parliament each azygous day,” Ms. Guruswamy said aft filing her nomination.
The astir important inclusion successful the database was Rajeev Kumar, who served arsenic the Director General of Police, West Bengal, until January 2026. Mr. Kumar is perceived to beryllium adjacent to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Ms. Guruswamy has represented the West Bengal authorities successful assorted cases, including the rape and execution of a doc astatine the RG Kar Hospital successful August 2024. She has besides notably fought the lawsuit for adjacent matrimony rights for same-sex couples successful India.
Supriyo a defector
Mr. Supriyo is simply a two-time BJP MP from the Asansol constituency, but helium joined the TMC successful 2021 and was elected to the State Assembly and Ms. Mallick is simply a salient sanction successful the Bengali tv industry.
Meanwhile, Mr Sinha is 1 of the oldest members of the West Bengal BJP, and this information is seen arsenic a reward for his work successful building a base for the enactment successful the State successful its aboriginal days erstwhile helium was State President.
Notably, Mr Sinha mislaid both 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections, and also the 2016 State Assembly elections.
But he has ne'er mislaid his composure. He was overjoyed astatine the precocious location information and said, “The enactment has fixed maine the accidental to record a information for Rajya Sabha, and I volition usage this accidental to talk astir the issues facing West Bengal’s people.”
