SAGARDIGHI: Congress candidate Bayron Biswas was main within the Sagardighi meeting seat in West Bengal’s Murshidabad district the place counting of votes was underway for a by-election, in keeping with the Election Commission (EC). Biswas, who enjoys the help of the Left, was main by over 9,000 votes over TMC candidate Debashish Banerjee.
Biswas bagged 40,516 votes, and Banerjee obtained 31,529 votes, whereas Dilip Saha of the BJP secured 11,340 votes.
If Biswas manages to win the by-election, additionally being seen as a status struggle for state Congress president Adhir Chowdhury in his dwelling district, it will likely be the occasion’s first seat on this meeting, which has a power of 294.
“I am confident about my victory. The people here are fed up with the corruption and misrule of the TMC,” Biswas mentioned.
Banerjee, nevertheless, mentioned it is too early to conclude as there are nonetheless a number of rounds of counting left.
The by-poll was necessitated because of the dying of state minister Subrata Saha in December final yr. The TMC has been successful the seat since 2011 and secured a margin of greater than 50,000 votes within the 2021 meeting elections. (With PTI inputs)
