KOLKATA: Mamata Banerjee picks Shatrughan Sinha, Babul Supriyo as TMC candidates for Bengal bypolls

KOLKATA: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday named Shatrughan Sinha and Babul Supiyo as TMC’s pick for bypoll to Asansol parliamentary seat and for Ballygunge assembly byelection respectively.

“Happy to announce on behalf of the All India Trinamool Congress that Sri Shatrughan Sinha, former Union minister and famed actor, will be our candidate in Lok Sabha byelection from Asansol,” the TMC boss tweeted.

“Sri Babul Supriyo, former Union minister and noted singer, will be our candidate in Vidhansabha byelection from Ballygunge. Jai Hind, Jai Bangla, Jai Ma- Mati- Manush!” she wrote.

The Asansol Lok Sabha seat fell vacant after Supriyo, a two-time BJP MP, quit the saffron party last year and joined the TMC.
The Ballygunge assembly seat fell vacant following the demise of state minister Subrata Mukherjee.