BJP releases list of candidates for Arunachal Pradesh, West Bengal Assembly bypolls

The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) released a list of candidates for by-elections to the Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh and West Bengal on Thursday. Tsering Lhamu would be candidate for Lumia Assembly by polls in Arunchal Pradesh and Dilip Saha for Sadardighi assembly by polls of West Bengal.

New Delhi : The Central Election Committee (CEC) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released a list of candidates for the upcoming bye-elections to be held in West Bengal and Arunachal Pradesh. The party has decided to field Tsering Lhamu from Arunachal Pradesh's Lumla (ST) seat and Dilip Saha from West Bengal's Sagardighi seat. Earlier in January, the Election Commission announced the schedule for the by-elections for six assembly seats across five states.

The by-elections for one assembly constituency -- each in Arunachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Tamil Nadu -- and two assembly constituencies in Maharashtra are slated to be held on February 27. The parliamentary constituency of Lakshadweep will also vote in bypolls on February 27. The counting of votes to all bypolls will be held on March 2. Lakshadweep's parliamentary constituency will go to the polls due to the disqualification of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Mohammed Faizal PP.

In Arunachal Pradesh's Lumla, the seat was vacant after the death of BJP leader Jambey Tashi. Whereas in Jharkhand's Ramgarh, the election was necessary because of the disqualification of Congress leader Mamta Devi. The election was necessitated after the death of Congress leader Thiru E Thirumahan Everaa from Tamil Nadu's Erode (east) and West Bengal's Sagardighi seat was vacant after the death of Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Subrata Saha.

The election in Maharashtra's Kasba Peth and Chinchwad was necessary because of the death of BJP leaders Mukta Shailesh Tilak and Laxman Pandurang Jagtap respectively. February 7 is the last date for filing nominations. The scrutiny of nominations will be done on February 8 while the last date for Withdrawal of candidatures is February 10.