Congress spent Rs 84.93 cr (Rs 84,93,69,986) for electioneering in Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and WB during assembly elections.
Boxing champion Lenny Da Gama and former Indian football defender Denzil Franco on Saturday joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Goa.
Former Goa chief minister Luizinho Faleiro, who resigned from Congress, has joined the Trinamool Congress (TMC) in Kolkata on Wednesday.
Faleiro, who previously served two terms as a Chief Minister of Goa, submitted his resignation on Monday as an MLA to the Speaker of Goa Assembly ahead of state Assembly elections next year.
Mamata Banerjee, a resident of Bhabanipur, needs to win in order to hold on to her office. She has contested from Bhabanipur in the past two assembly elections since 2011.
The Mamata Banerjee-led party has no 'high-command culture' and will pick credible local leaders in the coastal state, Derek O'Brien said.
Hakim, who is on the campaign trail for TMC supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for the September 30 Bhabanipur by-poll, said the party is not inducting BJP leaders indiscriminately into its fold.
The BJP has said it was not allowed by the police to campaign for the Bhabanipur by-election in the area near Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's residence.
The by-election to Rajya Sabha has been necessitated as TMC's Manas Bhunia quit the Rajya Sabha after winning the assembly election from Sabang in Paschim Medinipur.
Upon joining TMC, Babul Supriyo said he is extremely excited to be a part of the Mamata Banerjee-led party and will work hard for the development of West Bengal.
However, senior BJP leader and the party's national secretary Rahul Sinha said, "This is a temporary shock and the BJP will surely get over it.
Supriyo also said that he will be meeting West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday.
The Congress in West Bengal declined to attach much importance to the assertions of the TMC, saying it is too early to predict who will become an alternative face to Modi.
Bhabanipur bypoll: Mamata Banerjee is required to win a seat in the state assembly by November 5 in conformity with the constitutional provisions to continue as CM.
Mamata Banerjee's vision to empower women and ensure their maximum participation in politics shall help our society to achieve much more, TMC said as it nominated Sushmita Dev for the Rajya Sabha seat.
BJP has alleged that Mamata Banerjee did not mention about pending criminal cases in her nomination papers for Bhabanipur by-poll
Mamata Banerjee is a resident of Bhabanipur. She had won the seat in 2011 and 2016. But this time she had shifted to Nandigram. She lost to BJP's Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram.
Interestingly, disgruntled leader Babul Supriyo, who had resigned from active politics but was persuaded by BJP chief JP Nadda against resigning as a Lok Sabha member, has also found a place in the list of star campaigners.
Bhabanipur bypoll: Mamata Banerjee will file her nomination today, As per the schedule, polling will take place on September 30 while results will be announced on October 4.
The notification for the Bhabanipur bypoll was issued on September 6, beginning the nomination process. September 13 is the last date of filing nominations, while scrutiny of papers will take place on September 14. September 16 is the last date to withdraw from the electoral battle. Counting will be held on October 3.
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