"I felt really happy when I got this information," said Debasree Chaudhuri, BJP MP from Raiganj, West Bengal. In Raiganj in Uttar Dinajpur district which has a Muslim population of nearly 49 per cent, Debasree had defeated TMC's Agarwal Kanaialal by 60574 votes. MPs selected for ministerial berths will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his residence at 4.30 pm on Thursday, shortly before the swearing-in ceremony.
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