West Bengal By-Elections: BJP Favored to Win; TMC Faces Strength Reduction

In West Bengal, the Election Commission has announced by-elections to three vacant Rajya Sabha seats. The most interesting thing about this accident is that even after the by-election, the faces sent to the Upper House of Parliament are expected to remain the same, only the color of their party has changed. The BJP seems to be confident of winning all these three seats. On the other hand, the Trinamool Congress, which is struggling with factionalism and disintegration, is in great danger of further reducing its strength in the Rajya Sabha. In June, three former TMC Rajya Sabha MPs - Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik - resigned from their own party and Rajya Sabha membership. After the TMC's crushing defeat in the assembly elections in 2030, these leaders had raised questions about the leadership. Sukhendu Sekhar Roy, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik have now joined the BJP. They joined the BJP today and the party has made them its candidates today. According to the parliamentary rules, Sukhu Rayudu Chikka and Sudeshmita Devik, the by-elections to these seats were going to be held by April 24, 2029.