After rebelling against the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Shatrughan Sinha has now betrayed the Congress as well. Bihari Babu will now contest from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) led by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. This information was given by Banerjee alias Didi.
He told on Sunday (March 13, 2022) that Shotgun Shatrughan will be the candidate for the Asansol parliamentary seat in the by-election, while the party has nominated Babul Supriyo for the Ballygunge assembly by-election.
The Bengal CM’s tweet read, “On behalf of All India Trinamool Congress, happy to announce that former Union Minister and renowned actor Shatrughan Sinha will be our candidate for the Lok Sabha by-election from Asansol,” Banerjee tweeted.
He also gave this information in the next tweet, “Former Union Minister and famous singer Babul Supriyo will be our candidate in the assembly by-election from Ballygunge. Jai Hind, Jai Bangla, Jai Maa-Mati- Manush!
Sinha, a Bollywood actor-turned-politician, joined the Congress from the BJP ahead of the 2019 parliamentary elections. He lost to Ravi Shankar Prasad of the BJP from his stronghold Patna Sahib in Bihar.
By the way, Supriyo got out of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in September. He had joined the TMC two months after he was removed as a Union Minister of State. He confessed during that time that he was disappointed with what had happened despite his “hard work and good work”.
The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday announced that by-polls to four assembly seats, including Asansol and Ballygunge, will be held on April 12.