Kolkata, August 2: Trinamool Congress candidate for Rajya Sabha by-election, Jawhar Sircar, was on Monday declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from West Bengal, state meeting sources stated.
After the scheduled interval for withdrawal of candidature was over this afternoon and there was no different nomination from the opposition BJP and the ISF, Sircar was declared elected unopposed and was handed over the certificates within the state meeting. Trinamool Congress Nominates Former CEO of Prasar Bharati, Jawhar Sircar to the Rajya ... - Newest Tweet by ANI.
The BJP final week had introduced that it will not subject any candidate for the by-poll to the Higher Home of Parliament, paving the way in which for Sircar, a former CEO of Prasar Bharati, to be elected with out contest from the state. The Rajya Sabha seat was vacated by former TMC chief Dinesh Trivedi earlier this yr, necessitating the by-election which was alleged to be carried out on August 9.
The TMC final month introduced his title as their title for the Rajya Sabha bypoll. With Sircar occupying the seat vacated by Trivedi, the power of TMC stays at 11 in Rajya Sabha, the third highest after BJP's 94 and 34 of Congress.
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