Hours after joining BJP, Sushmita Dev and two former TMC MPs, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray and Prakash Chik Baraik, were nominated for the July 24 Rajya Sabha bypolls in West Bengal.
The announcement was made on Thursday
Jul 10, 2026
09:51 am
What's the storyThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded three former Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MPs, Sushmita Dev, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, and Prakash Chik Baraik, for the July 24 Rajya Sabha bypolls in West Bengal.
The announcement was made just hours after they were formally inducted into the BJP at its Kolkata office on Thursday.
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