Trinamool Congress delegation to meet ECI on holding bypolls for seven Assembly seats
The Hindu
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is most likely to contest from Bhawanipur.
A six-member delegation of the Trinamool Congress is likely to meet the officials of the Election Commission of India (ECI) on July 15 urging the commission to hold bypolls in seven Assembly seats in West Bengal. Senior party leader and MP Saugata Roy confirmed the delegation and said that the representatives would visit the ECI office in Delhi. Prior to this, Trinamool Congress chairperson and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had urged the ECI to hold bypolls for the vacant seats. She said that the COVID-19 situation in the State had improved to a great extent and suggested that the campaign period for bypolls could be reduced to seven days.
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