As the primary part of the Jharkhand meeting elections is underway, by-elections are additionally being held for the Wayanad parliamentary seat in Kerala and 6 seats in West Bengal.
Notably, these are the primary elections in West Bengal for the reason that rape and homicide of a trainee physician at Kolkata’s RG Medical School and Hospital that triggered nationwide outrage and criticism of the Mamata Banerjee authorities over the dealing with of the case.
In Wayanad, the bypoll marks Congress normal secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra’s electoral debut. The Congress, having campaigned intensively in Wayanad, has expressed robust confidence in Vadra’s possibilities of profitable. Moreover, the Chelakkara meeting seat in Kerala’s Thrissur district can be holding polls on Wednesday.
RG Kar situation provides steam to Bengal bypolls
The Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Social gathering stay locked in an electoral duel over by-elections in six seats in West Bengal, with the RG Kar rape and homicide case being one of many principal speaking factors of the election. Each the ruling TMC and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) have fielded candidates for all six seats: Naihati, Haroa, Medinipur, Taldangra, Sitai (SC), and Madarihat (ST).
Whereas 5 of those constituencies are TMC strongholds, BJP has expressed confidence that it’ll emerge victorious in majority of the seats amid criticism of the state authorities over the dealing with of the RG Kar case, the place a junior physician was raped and homicide contained in the medical faculty.
TMC insiders say the management is raring to gauge the present degree of assist amidst rising unrest over the RG Kar incident, which has forged a shadow over Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s administration.
Priyanka Gandhi’s electoral debut in Wayanad
Congress Basic Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is making her electoral debut in Kerala’s Wayanad, a seat beforehand received by her brother, Rahul Gandhi. Contesting in opposition to Priyanka within the bypoll are Left Democratic Entrance (LDF) candidate Satyan Mokeri and BJP’s Navya Haridas.
The campaigning for the Wayanad bypoll noticed all three members of the Gandhi household – Sonia Gandhi and her two youngsters Rahul and Priyanka – holding a number of roadshows and rallies, assuring improvement within the constituency.
If Priyanka Gandhi wins the Wayanad seat, she would be the third member of the Gandhi household to carry a parliamentary seat. Sonia Gandhi is at present a Member of Parliament within the Rajya Sabha, whereas Rahul Gandhi holds the Raebareli Lok Sabha seat.
