ANI
The election war is going on between Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party over the by-elections on six seats in West Bengal, in which the RG Kar rape and murder case is one of the main talking points of the elections. Both the ruling TMC and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have fielded their candidates on all six seats: Naihati, Haroa, Medinipur, Taldangra, Sitai (SC) and Madarihat (ST). Five of these constituencies are TMC strongholds, with the BJP expressing confidence that it will win most of the seats amid criticism of the state government over its handling of the RG tax case, where a junior doctor was raped and murdered inside a medical college. Had happened.
With the first phase of Jharkhand assembly elections underway, by-elections are also being held on Wayanad parliamentary seat in Kerala and six seats in West Bengal. This is the first election in West Bengal after the rape and murder of a trainee doctor at Kolkata’s RG Medical College and Hospital, which sparked nationwide outrage and criticism of the Mamata Banerjee government over its handling of the case. Wayanad by-election is marking Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s electoral debut. After intensive campaigning in Wayanad, Congress has expressed full confidence in Vadra’s chances of victory. Apart from this, voting is also being held on Chelakkara Assembly seat in Thrissur district of Kerala on Wednesday.
The election war is going on between Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party over the by-elections on six seats in West Bengal, in which the RG Kar rape and murder case is one of the main talking points of the elections. Both the ruling TMC and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have fielded their candidates on all six seats: Naihati, Haroa, Medinipur, Taldangra, Sitai (SC) and Madarihat (ST). Five of these constituencies are TMC strongholds, with the BJP expressing confidence that it will win most of the seats amid criticism of the state government over its handling of the RG tax case, where a junior doctor was raped and murdered inside a medical college. Had happened.
TMC insiders say the leadership is keen to gauge the current level of support amid the growing unrest over the RG tax incident, which has cast a shadow over Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s administration. Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is making her electoral debut from Kerala’s Wayanad, a seat previously won by her brother Rahul Gandhi. Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidates Satyan Mokeri and BJP’s Navya Haridas are contesting against Priyanka in the by-election.
