The BJP named its candidates on Wednesday for by-elections in two assembly constituencies, Boxanagar and Dhanpur, both in Tripura’s Sepahijala district. Tafajjal Hussain’s nomination in Boxanagar was expected, but the selection of Bindu Debnath from Dhanpur came as a surprise since senior party leaders, namely former Deputy Chief Minister Jishnu Debbarman, state BJP president Rajiv Bhattacharjee and former MLA Subal Bhowmik, were aspirants.
Bindu Debnath was president of the party’s Dhanpur Mandal and is reportedly close to Union MoS Pratima Bhoumik who resigned from the assembly soon after winning in February last. Ms Bhoumik was a hopeful for the post of Chief Minister, but the party high command chose Dr Manik Saha for a second term.
