A mixed bag for Parliamentarians in Assembly elections
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It has been a mixed bag for almost a dozen members of Parliament who’re making an attempt their luck in the Assembly elections in 4 States and the Union Territory of Puducherry.
It has been extra of a misfortune for BJP MPs than their colleagues from different events.
In West Bengal, together with Union Minister Babul Supriyo, who’s contesting from Tollygunj, the BJP fielded two extra Lok Sabha MPs — Locket Chatterjee from Chunchura and Nisith Pramanik from Dinhata. All three MPs are dropping by a margin of over 5,000 votes every.
Mr. Supriyo, in the meantime, is trailing by greater than 16,000 votes. Nominated MP of Rajya Sabha Swapan Dasgupta, who determined to contest on a BJP ticket from the Tarkeshwar Assembly constituency, was compelled to resign after rival Trinamool Congress threatened to take authorized recourse. He is now trailing behind the TMC candidate by almost 6,000 votes.
In Kerala, former Union Minister and Rajya Sabha MP K.J. Alphonse is third in tally, behind the Congress and Kerala Congress (Mani) in Kanjirapally.
So far, the one BJP MP who’s forward is Rajya Sabha member Suresh Gopi, by a slim margin of almost 2,000 votes in Thrissur. He was extraordinarily reluctant to contest the Assembly election and determined to take action solely after orders from the highest.
Congress MP K. Muraleedharan, who bravely took the bait and contested the Nemom Assembly constituency, appears to be paying for the political miscalculation. He is at the moment trailing behind the BJP’s Kummanam Rajasekhran and the CPI(M)’s Sivankutty.
In Assam too, the dangerous run for BJP MPs continues. Rajya Sabha MP Biswajit Daimary, who simply months earlier than the Assembly election give up the Bodoland Front Party to affix the BJP, is now trailing from his seat Panery, behind the BPF by almost 500 votes.
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee president Ripun Bora is trailing behind the BJP candidate from his seat of Gohpur. There was a widespread name forward of election from the Congress cadre in the State asking to exchange him, however it went unheeded.
In Tamil Nadu, two Rajya Sabha MPs from AIADMK R. Vaithilingam and K.P. Munusamy are main their respective seats of Orathanadu and Veppanahalli.
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