Statesman News Service
MALDA. May 18: The CPI-M is all set to project Mr Sailen Sarkar as its candidate for the forthcoming by-poll for Malda Lok Sabha seat. He will be contesting against the Congress. With Mr Sarkar being projected as the CPI-M’s candidate for the MP election, party workers have given up discussion about Mr Sarkar’s role in the new LF government. The CPI-M workers said: “Being an Assembly affairs minister, he will be able to develop the district by maintaining coordination with other ministers and MLAs from Writers Buildings.” But after hearing the information that he would be the MP candidate, their discussion got another dimension. A group of CPI-M leaders also argued by selecting Mr Sarkar for the parliamentary by-poll in Malda, the state leaders have selected him for the Assembly affairs department so that he can manage time for campaigning.Since 1991, Mr Sarkar has been contesting from Malda seat but failed to defeat ABA Ghani Khan Choudhury. In the last Lok Sabha election, he did not contest and another youth leader was defeated by the Congress stalwart. Since 1980, ABA Ghani Khan Choudhury was the MP in Malda and got ministerial berth from the tenure of Indira Gandhi. It is expected that by June this year the by-poll for Malda Lok Sabha seat would be conducted.
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