New Delhi. Voting is going on for the by-elections in four assembly Dinhata, Shantipur, Khardah and Gosaba seats of West Bengal today. Tight security arrangements have been made in all these seats.
In view of the security arrangements, 92 companies of central force have been deployed in all the four seats. Earlier 80 companies were to be deployed, but in view of the situation, instructions were issued for strict security management of the Election Commission.
Under this, 12 additional companies were deployed. There is a tough fight between the Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party in all the four seats. Especially all eyes are on Dinhata seat, because the TMC leader here lost to BJP in the last election.
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Guha was defeated by only 57 votes
TMC veteran Udayan Guha is in the fray from Dinhata seat. In fact, this seat was snatched from him in the elections held in April. BJP candidate Nishith Pramanik won this seat. He defeated Guha by just 57 votes.
Actually, Shantipur seat is also a battle of credibility for BJP. In this seat, BJP candidate Brijkishore Goswami is pitted against TMC’s Niranjan Biswas.
TMC has fielded Shobhandev Chattopadhyay from Kharda assembly seat. BJP has fielded Joy Saha in front of him. TMC candidate Subrata Mandal is pitted against BJP’s Palash Raha in Gosaba seat.
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hence the by-election
Shantipur seat fell vacant after BJP MP Jagannath Sarkar resigned from the assembly. At the same time, elections are being held from Kharda seat after the death of TMC MLA Kajal Sinha due to Corona. In Gosaba seat too, TMC MLA Jayant Naskar died due to Corona, while the reason for the by-election in Dinhata seat is Nishith Pramanik’s resignation from the membership of the assembly.
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