Polling for the by-election to the Kaliganj assembly seat in West Bengal’s Nadia district began at 7 am on Thursday, June 19, 2025 amid tight security arrangements, an official said. Fourteen companies of central forces have been deployed for the bypoll, which is scheduled to conclude at 5 p.m.The by-election is necessitated by the sudden demise of Trinamool Congress MLA Nasiruddin Ahamed in February. His daughter Alifa is the Trinamool Congress nominee.
The BJP has fielded Ashis Ghosh as its candidate, while Congress nominee Kabil Uddin Shaikh has got the support of the CPI(M).The bypoll is shaping up to be a triangular contest among the TMC, BJP, and the Congress-Left alliance, with identity politics, post-Murshidabad riot anxieties and a nationalist surge after Operation Sindoor set to dominate the electoral discourse.- PTI
