Ravi Shankar Prasad Set To Campaign Against Shatrughan Sinha In Asansol

The Lok Sabha bypoll to Asansol, necessitated after Babul Supriyo quit the BJP and as its MP, is scheduled for April 12.

The electoral battle between Ravi Shankar Prasad and Shatrughan Sinha in Patna Sahib was one of the more talked about contests in the 2019 poll, and it is deja vu all over as the BJP is now banking on the former Union minister to bolster its fight in Asansol bypoll against Mr Sinha, now a Trinamool Congress candidate.

Mr Prasad will be joined by Ram Kripal Yadav, also a former Union minister and MP from neighbouring Pataliputra, in campaign on Friday with the BJP relying on a number of leaders from Bihar to retain its influence among Asansol's sizeable non-Bengali voters, a segment the TMC is eying by fielding Mr Sinha.

The Lok Sabha bypoll to Asansol, necessitated after Babul Supriyo quit the BJP and as its MP, is scheduled for April 12.

The BJP has now fielded Agnimitra Paul, who is an MLA in the West Bengal assembly.