The battle for five bypolls on Saturday was dominated by Bengal where the Trinamool Congress won big in the Asansol and Ballygunge seats. Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha, the TMC’s candidate from Asansol, won the by-election by a huge margin, registering the party’s first-ever electoral victory in the constituency. In the Ballygunge
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In a boost to the ruling Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) combine in Maharashtra, the Congress on Saturday won the bypoll to the Kolhapur North Assembly constituency, retaining the seat by defeating the BJP by a margin of over 18,000 votes. Congress-MVA candidate Jayashri Jadhav bagged 96,176 votes, while BJP’s Satyajeet
The Trinamool Congress marched ahead of its rivals in the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency and the Ballygunge assembly segment by-polls. The by-polls, which took place on April 12, were necessitated as Supriyo resigned as the MP of Asansol after switching over to the TMC from the BJP, while state minister
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Tejashwi Yadav thanked the people after RJD’s candidate Amar Kumar Paswan defeated BJP’s Baby Kumari by a margin of over 36,000 votes in the Bochahan Assembly by-poll on Saturday. Taking a dig at the NDA, the RJD leader said that the people defeated the ‘anti-people’
As the Trinamool Congress party leading in the bypolls, former Union Minister and party’s Ballygunge Assembly candidate Babul Supriyo dedicated his “win” to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and said the BJP’s position shows the effect of fuel price hike. “I’m leading, along with that Shatrughan Sinha is leading as well.