Out of the five Rajya Sabha seats in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has announced its candidates on four of them on Sunday. Arpita Ghosh, Mossim Noor, Dinesh Trivedi, and Subrata Bakshi have been named candidates, although Prashant Kishore is not named in it. Meanwhile, Bengal CM and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee said, "I have always strived for women empowerment. With this we are proud that half of the names we have given are of women."
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It is being told that the Trinamool Congress has prepared for the Rajya Sabha elections. The nomination process for the five Rajya Sabha seats has started with the notification on Friday. At present, there is no nomination on the first day. The Trinamool's victory in four of these five seats is certain, but the TMC does not have enough MLAs for the fifth seat. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is also eyeing the fifth seat. The Trinamool leadership is also preparing to field candidates for the fifth seat. For which they need six-seven votes, at the same time the manipulation of Trinamool to get the necessary votes has started. The notification of the Rajya Sabha election reached the assembly on Friday. Now Trinamool Congress will take nomination papers for its candidates from the assembly. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Partha Chatterjee has discussed in detail about his strength of winning the Rajya Sabha candidates.
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According to sources, the party has been directed to get five nomination papers. The question is arising that in the end, is the Trinamool also preparing to field candidates in the fifth seat? The joint candidate of CPI (M) and Congress is preparing to field the fifth seat and almost the name of CPI (M) General Secretary Sitaram Yechury has been finalized. If the Trinamool also takes its candidate on that seat, then the voting will take place. Otherwise, all five seats will be declared unopposed. The preparations for the civic elections in Bengal along with the Rajya Sabha elections are in full swing these days. All political parties in the state are deciding their strategies. Election campaign in Bengal is also in full swing these days.
