Asansol
Bengal: TMC set to break Asansol jinx with Shatrughan Sinha
Kolkata/IBNS: Battling the 'outsider' jibe, veteran Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha is all set to earn Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress (TMC) its maiden win in West Bengal's one of the biggest cities, Asansol, where parliamentary byelection was held on Apr 12.
As the poll results are coming out, Sinha is ahead of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Agnimitra Paul by around 1.33 lakh votes as per the latest update.
The TMC is leading in all seven assembly segments which fall under the Lok Sabha constituency.
The Asansol Lok Sabha constituency fell vacant after the resignation of Union Minister Babul Supriyo who jumped from the BJP to TMC last year.
The Asansol constituency, which was under the Left's control, saw the BJP's win in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Reacting to the result, Banerjee, who is also the TMC chief, tweeted, "I sincerely thank the electors of the Asansol Parliamentary Constituency and the Ballygunge Assembly Constituency for giving decisive mandate to AITC party candidates."
We consider this to be our people's warm Shubho Nababarsho gift to our Ma- Mati- Manush organization. Salute to the voters for reposing faith in us, yet again.(2/2)
— Mamata Banerjee (@MamataOfficial) April 16, 2022
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