Mamata Banerjee announces 6 candidates, these two new faces have been given placeElections to 10 Rajya Sabha seats will be held on July 24. These include six seats in West Bengal, three in Gujarat and one in Goa. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has announced the names of six candidates for the Upcoming Lok Sabha elections. These include O’Brien, Dola Sen, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Sameerul Islam, Prakash Chik Badaik and Saket Gokhale.West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is gearing up for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections. He has announced six candidates for six seats in the state. These include Derek O’Brien, Dola Sen, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Sameerul Islam, Prakash Chik Badaik and Saket Gokhale.The Election Commission has announced the election schedule for 10 Rajya Sabha seats. Polling will be held on July 24 for six seats in West Bengal, three in Gujarat and one in Goa.This time, the TMC has given tickets to Samirul Islam and Prakash Chik Badaik for the Rajya Sabha elections in place of Shanta Chhetri and Sushmita Dev. Samirul Islam is the president of Bangla Cultural Forum and a social activist. Prakash Chik Badaik is the Trinamool president of Alipurduar district.Initially, there was speculation that TMC may give Kunal Ghosh a Rajya Sabha ticket again. Pranab Mukherjee’s son Abhijit, who quit the Congress party and joined the Trinamool, was also considered for a ticket. However, the Trinamool Congress has fielded a new face by not giving tickets to these two.The term of six MPs – Derek O’Brien, Sushmita Dev, Dola Sen, Sukhendu Sekhar Roy and Shanta Chhetri – is ending on August 18. Among them, Shanta and Sushmita have been excluded from this list. The team has given tickets to Dola, Sakhendushekhar, Derek.
