|Republic World|
To give a tough fight to West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, BJP has fielded state BJYM vice president Priyanka Tibrewal as its candidate in the Bhabanipur by-election. Tibrewal, who unsuccessfully contested the West Bengal Assembly polls from Entally, is also a practicing advocate in the Calcutta High Court and the Supreme Court. She was also one of the petitioners who moved the Calcutta HC over the post-poll violence in the state.
Ultimately, a 5-judge Constitution bench comprising Chief Justice Rajesh Bindal and Justices IP Mukerji, Harish Tandon, Soumen Sen, and Subrata Talukdar directed that all cases of murder and crimes against women including rape pertaining to the post-poll violence will be transferred to the CBI. Moreover, it entrusted all other cases referred by the NHRC to an SIT comprising IPS officers Suman Bala Sahoo, Soumen Mitra and Ranbir Kumar. Earlier in the day, BJP appointed Lok Sabha MP Arjun Singh as the party's in-charge of the Bhabanipur by-election and will be assisted by fellow parliamentarian Saumitra Khan and Jyotirmay Singh Mahato.
Additionally, 8 sitting MLAs will serve as the observers for 8 wards of this constituency. While the WB BJP general secretary Sanjay Singh shall be the organizational in-charge, Shankar Sikdar, Agnimitra Paul and Somnath Banerjee have been named organizational co-in-charges. Meanwhile, Banerjee is expected to file submit her nomination papers on Friday.
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