Swapan Dasgupta on Tuesday resigned as a Rajya Sabha MP after the Trinamool Congress raised questions over his continuation as Rajya Sabha Member after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) fielded him as a celebration candidate for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections scheduled later this month.
“I have resigned from the Rajya Sabha today to commit myself totally to the fight for a better Bengal. I hope to file my nomination as BJP candidate for the Tarakeshwar Assembly seat in the next few days,” BJP chief dasgupta mentioned.Â
According to the reviews, Dasgupta has ship his resignation to the Chairman of House, Vice President Venkaiah Nadu. It stays unknown if the resignation has been accepted.
The saffron social gathering BJP has fielded Swapan Dasgupta from Tarakeshwar Assembly constituency in West Bengal. He is taken into account to be one among its distinguished faces within the state and now that Dasgupta will contest on the BJP ticket, the election politics continues to warmth up with polls simply few days away.
Dasgupta’s resignation has come hours after TMC MP Mahua Moitra raised objections to his nomination as candidate for meeting ballot from BJP. Citing the tenth Schedule of the Constitution, the TMC MP mentioned that Dasgupta could possibly be disqualified for submitting nomination as a BJP candidate.
Swapan Dasgupta is BJP candidate for WB polls.
tenth Schedule of Constitution says nominated RS member to be disqualified if he joins any political social gathering AFTER expiry of 6 months from oath.
He was sworn in April 2016, stays unallied.
Must be disqualified NOW for becoming a member of BJP. pic.twitter.com/d3CDc9dNCe— Mahua Moitra (@MahuaMoitra) March 15, 2021
Taking to her official account, Moitra in a Tweet mentioned, “Swapan Dasgupta is BJP candidate for WB polls. 10th Schedule of Constitution says nominated RS member to be disqualified if he joins any political party AFTER expiry of 6 months from oath. He was sworn in April 2016, remains unallied. Must be disqualified NOW for joining BJP.”
Not solely the Trinamool Congress, however the Indian National Congress social gathering additionally raised the questions on the identical in search of clarification from the Rajya Sabha chairman concerning the nominated MP’s standing.
