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However, the HSPDP claimed that it had not authorised the MLAs to tender support to Sangma, and the party has already issued a statement to withdraw the support. The NPP, on the other hand, is saying that MLAs have given letters of support and they have the numbers to form the government.

In the bypoll, which was necessitated by the death of three-time Trinamool MLA Subrata Saha in December last year, Left-backed Congress candidate Bayron Biswas defeated Trinamool's Debasish Bandopadhyay by a massive margin of 22,986 votes. The defeat has led to deep introspections within the Trinamool Congress with the party's Lok Sabha member.

Former Chief Minister Mukul Sangma (2010-2018), one of the key leaders of the Trinamool Congress in Meghalaya, contested from two assembly seats -- Songsak and Tikrikilla - both in the Garo hills. Sangma, opposition leader in the outgoing assembly, won the Songsak seat by a thin margin of 372 votes defeating ruling National People's Party (NPP) candidate Nihim D Shira.

The bypoll was necessitated by the death of three-time Trinamool MLA and state minister Subrata Saha in December last year. The vote swing in favour of the Congress-Left alliance is in comparison to Congress' vote percentage at Sagardighi in the 2021 Assembly elections.

Following the win, Kazi told reporters, "I am very happy. People are also joyous. This time they could elect their own son. Rajabala will witness significant development in upcoming days, I promise it." He also alleged that the NPP tried several means to change the course of the result.

Trinamool Congress state general secretary and spokesman Kunal Ghosh, on Monday, launched a scathing counter-attack raising every point in the Governor's statement. In his statement issued on Sunday evening, the Governor said that following "confidential inquiries" made by him in the matter of the attack on Nisith Pramanik's convoy.

Talking to reporters her, she said: "The monopoly of national parties in the country's politics has ended." She asserted that there would be no chance for democracy in India if Trinamool was forced to rely on a two-party system. "The Trinamool has fought the CPI-M for the previous 34 years, and we won West Bengal for the third time in a row," she said.

Addressing an election rally at Rajabala in West Garo Hills district, Banerjee said that Trinamool has been fighting the battle against BJP and every day, the saffron party knocks at its doors with ED and CBI. Banerjee also slammed the Congress for failing to fulfil its duties as the main opposition party. Congress is asking for votes, but what moral rights do they have.

Sources have said that the Congress wants to build up a national alliance, but with the precondition of leading it. There are many like-minded parties who have no problem with Congress being the leading party in the alliance, but leaders like Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao, Trinamool Congress with Aam Aadmi Party are taking different lines.

The drama started when Khan sought to know during Question Hour as to how many unorganised sector workers from West Bengal had registered with the e-Shram portal of the Labour Ministry, as he said that many such workers have been agitating and complaining about lack of payment of dearness allowance.