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PARLIAMENT

Five TMC candidates and a Congress candidate were elected to the Rajya Sabha unopposed from West Bengal after CPI (M) candidate Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya’s nomination was cancelled due to technical reasons.

The nomination of CPI-M candidate Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya was rejected yesterday after the returning officer declared it as invalid on the ground that an additional affidavit was submitted after the 3 pm deadline on the last date for filing of papers on 28th July for the 8th August polls to the six seats.

The five TMC candidates elected to the Rajya Sabha are Manas Bhunia, TMC’s chief national spokesperson Derek O’Brien, Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Dola Sen and Santa Chetri. Congress candidate Pradip Bhattacharya was also elected to the Upper House.