TMC chief Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay resigned as MLA from Bhowanipore.
TMC chief Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay resigned at this time from Bhowanipore constituency as MLA. Sobhandeb had gained from Bhowanipore within the simply held Assembly polls, defeating BJP rival Rudranil Ghosh by a margin of almost 28,000 votes. He was amongst 43 ministers to hitch the brand new Cabinet of Mamata Banerjee as Minister of Agriculture.
News Agency ANI quoted Speaker Biman Banerjee, as saying, “I have enquired from him if he has resigned voluntarily and without coercion. I am satisfied, and I have accepted his resignation.”
As per report, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will search re-election from Bhowanipore. Banerjee gained the seat in 2011 when by-election was held. She retained the seat in 2016 elections. The Trinamool Congress supremo, nonetheless, contested from Nandigram on this 12 months’s election, however misplaced to BJP candidate and her former aide Suvendu Adhikari by a margin of 1,900 votes.
