The Congress has decided to field party leader Ratan Das from Badhraghat-SC constituency for the Tripura Assembly bypolls slated for September 23.
Interim Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Monday announced Das as the party candidate for Assembly bypolls.
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“Sonia Gandhi has approved the candidature of Ratan Das as Congress candidate for the ensuing bye-elections to the Legislative Assembly of Tripura from Badhraghat-SC constituency,” party general secretary (chief election committee) Mukul Wasnik said in a statement.
The bye-poll in Tripura’s Badhraghat was necessitated after sitting MLA Dilip Sarkar died in early April this year after a prolonged illness.
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