4 Bengal Assembly Segments Up For Bypolls, Fight For BJP In Two Seats
NDTV
Bypoll to Dinhata was necessitated following the resignation of Nisith Pramanik, now Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, as he chose to retain his Lok Sabha membership.
With four assembly constituencies in West Bengal going to by-polls on Saturday amid tight security and maintenance of Covid protocols, all eyes will be on Dinhata as Trinamool Congress (TMC) heavyweight Udayan Guha is looking to reclaim the seat, which the BJP had snatched from him by a whisker in the April elections.
Mr Guha, a two-time MLA, had bagged the seat for Forward Bloc in 2011 and the TMC in 2016.
He is up against BJP's Ashok Mandal, who had defeated him in 2006 as a TMC candidate.
Bypoll to Dinhata was necessitated following the resignation of Nisith Pramanik, now Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, as he chose to retain his Lok Sabha membership.
