TMCs Luizinho Faleiro elected to Rajya Sabha unopposed
Kolkata Nov 22 PTI Trinamool Congress leader Luizinho Faleiro on Monday was elected to the Rajya Sabha unopposed in a by-poll according to a notification of the West Bengal assemblyThe TMC last week named its vice-president Luizinho Faleiro a former chief minister of Goa as its candidate for the by-electionThe assembly secretary in a notification today announced that Luizinho Faleiro has been elected to Rajya Sabha in the by-poll After scrutiny of papers he was declared elected unopposed TMC Chief Whip Nirmal Ghosh said He will collect his certificate on Tuesday Ghosh saidThe by-poll to the RS seat was necessitated following the resignation of TMC MP Arpita Ghosh from the Upper House of ParliamentJust like the previous two Rajya Sabha by-polls Falerio too has been elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha The time too the opposition BJP did not field any candidate he saidTMC candidates Sushmita Dev and Jawhar Sircar were earlier elected to the RS unopposedFaleiro ended his decades-long association with the Congress and joined the TMC in September in Kolkata He was appointed as the partys national vice-president last monthThe Trinamool Congress after a stunning victory in the West Bengal Assembly elections earlier this year is trying to expand its footprint in BJP-ruled Goa and TripuraAssembly elections in Goa and Tripura are due in 2022 and 2023 respectively PTI PNT NN NN
Kolkata Nov 22 PTI Trinamool Congress leader Luizinho Faleiro on Monday was elected to the Rajya Sabha unopposed in a by-poll according to a notification of the West Bengal assemblyThe TMC last week named its vice-president Luizinho Faleiro a former chief minister of Goa as its candidate for the by-electionThe assembly secretary in a notification today announced that Luizinho Faleiro has been elected to Rajya Sabha in the by-poll After scrutiny of papers he was declared elected unopposed TMC Chief Whip Nirmal Ghosh said He will collect his certificate on Tuesday Ghosh saidThe by-poll to the RS seat was necessitated following the resignation of TMC MP Arpita Ghosh from the Upper House of ParliamentJust like the previous two Rajya Sabha by-polls Falerio too has been elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha The time too the opposition BJP did not field any candidate he saidTMC candidates Sushmita Dev and Jawhar Sircar were earlier elected to the RS unopposedFaleiro ended his decades-long association with the Congress and joined the TMC in September in Kolkata He was appointed as the partys national vice-president last monthThe Trinamool Congress after a stunning victory in the West Bengal Assembly elections earlier this year is trying to expand its footprint in BJP-ruled Goa and TripuraAssembly elections in Goa and Tripura are due in 2022 and 2023 respectively PTI PNT NN NN
