Mamata Likely To Contest From Bhawanipore, Sitting MLA Resigns

To hold on to the chief minister’s chair, Banerjee needs to get re-elected to the Assembly within six months.

West Bengal minister and veteran TMC leader Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay on Friday, 21 May, resigned from his Bhawanipore Assembly seat, as Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to contest bypoll for re-election to the West Bengal Assembly.

Banerjee had lost from the Nandigram seat, in the recently concluded elections. To hold on to the chief minister’s chair, she needs to get re-elected to the Assembly within six months.