2 Bengal BJP MPs resign as MLAs
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Two BJP Lok Sabha members, who gained within the latest West Bengal Assembly polls, on Wednesday tendered their resignation as MLAs earlier than Speaker Biman Banerjee.
Cooch Behar MP Nisith Pramanik was elected from Dinhata and Ranaghat MP Jaganath Sarkar from Santipur. While Mr. Pramanik gained by solely a margin of 57 votes, Mr. Sarkar gained by a margin of over 16,000 votes.
Both mentioned they had been resigning as MLAs as per the directions of the occasion management.
“It’s not possible to hold both these positions. The party asked us to resign as MLAs and so we are doing that,” Mr. Sarkar mentioned.
Mr. Pramanik mentioned the Constitution didn’t permit anybody to carry each the posts of MP and MLA.
Speaking to The Puucho, the Speaker mentioned the method of holding bypolls to the 2 seats might begin.
The resignations convey the variety of BJP legislators to 75 within the 294-member House. Both the MPs evaded questions as to why the occasion fielded sitting MPs in Assembly polls.
The BJP had given ticket to 4 sitting MPs. Union Minister for State and Asansol MP Babul Supriyo and Hooghly MP Locket Chatterjee misplaced from Tollygunj and Chinsurah. Former Rajya Sabha member Swapan Dasgupta additionally misplaced in Tarakeshwar.
The Trinamool Congress has gained 213 seats. Polling for Jangipur and Shamshergunj seats have been postponed due to the loss of life of candidates.
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