Lagatar24 Desk
Kolkata, March 13: Actor-politician Shatrughan Sinha and Babul Supriyo are the Trinamool Congress picks for the Bengal bypolls, Mamata Banerjee announced on Sunday. Supriyo, 51, will run in the assembly by-polls from Ballygunje, while Sinha, 76, will run in the Lok Sabha by-election from Asansol.
“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. (½) (sic),” tweeted Banerjee.
“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.
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!(2/2)
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) March 13, 2022
Sinha, who had previously been a member of the BJP, has joined the Congress ahead of the 2019 national elections. However, he was defeated by the BJP’s Ravi Shankar Prasad in his stronghold of Patna Sahib in Bihar.
Meanwhile, Supriyo’s decision to join the Trinamool Congress last year was unexpected.
