Trinamool Congress Candidate from Khardah Kajal Sinha who was beforehand discovered to have contracted the coronavirus breathed his final on Sunday.
The information was shared by West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee on Twitter who was discovered extending her condolences to the household of the deceased.
Very, very unhappy. Shocked. Kajal Sinha, our candidate from Khardaha, succumbed to Covid.He devoted his life to serving folks & simply fought a tireless marketing campaign. He was a long-serving dedicated member of @AITCofficial. We will miss him. My condolences to his household & his admirers— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) April 25, 2021
Notably, three candidates have died as a consequence of Covid throughout the Bengal polls, whereas a minimum of half a dozen candidates have contracted the an infection, aside from star campaigners equivalent to Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and Manoj Tiwari.
Earlier, Senior Trinamool Congress chief Dr. Shashi Panja and Sadhan Pande have been additionally reported to have contracted the illness.
Trinamool Congress chief Madan Mitra who was admitted to SSKM on Wednesday afternoon and later shifted to a non-public hospital late within the night with extreme respiratory misery additionally examined constructive for Covid on Thursday. Mitra who’s contesting from Kamarhati Assembly constituency fell sick on April 17 on the day of the part V election.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission (EC) in its order on Thursday prohibited roadshows and Padyatras in poll-bound West Bengal in wake of a surge in COVID-19 instances. The EC additionally restricted the variety of folks’s participation in public conferences to 500.
Polling for the seventh and the eight-phase in West Bengal shall be held on April 26 and April 29 respectively. The counting of votes shall be finished on May 2.
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