Kolkata, Jul 16 (UNI) The Election Commission on Friday announced that the poll on the vacant seat, created at the resignation of Dinesh Trivedi, to be held on August 9.
" The Election Commission of India on Friday said that the bypoll for the Rajya Sabha seat will take place on August 9."
The last date for filing the nomination papers is July 29. Two Rajya Sabha seats fell vacant in West Bengal after Dinesh Trivedi and Manas Bhuniya quit the post of the Upper House.
While Dinesh Trivedi resigned from the seat as well from the ruling TMC in February and joined the BJP.
TMC leader Manas Bhuniya quit the Rajya Sabha membership after he won a seat in the Assembly poll held in March-April last.
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