The BJP on Thursday, July 9, fielded Sushmita Dev, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray and Prakash Chik Baraik as its candidates for the July 24 Rajya Sabha bypolls in West Bengal, hours after the three former TMC MPs joined the party.
The three leaders had resigned from the Rajya Sabha and quit the TMC in June after questioning the TMC leadership following its defeat in the West Bengal assembly polls.
