Agartala, Jun 17, 2022, TRIPURATIMES Desk

Agartala, June 17: Agartala is one of the four assembly constituencies which are going to the by-elections on June 23 next. Six candidates- Dr. Ashok Sinha of BJP, Sudip Roy Barman of Congress, Krishna Majumder of CPI-M, Panna Deb of Trinamool Congress, Malin Debbarma of SUCI(C) and Brajalal Debnath (ASP) are contesting the polls from this seat.
There are 51,639 enrolled voters—25,344 male electors and 26,291 female electors. The figure included 716 voters above 80 years and 171 service voters. There are 55 polling stations in 6- Agartala assembly constituency.
As the voters are getting ready to elect their favorite candidate, the candidates fielded by various political parties are also campaigning hard to impress the voters and hit the best.
The by-election is knocking at the door and the electors need to get a general idea about the assets, educational qualifications and ages of the candidates, who are in the fray.
In 2018, the 6-Agartala seat was won by Sudip Roy Barman on BJP’s ticket. He is now contesting the polls as Congress candidate. This seat is considered to be the stronghold of Roy Barman but Dr. Sinha, who is also a popular face in the area, will leave no stone unturned to register a win.
As per the results of the last assembly elections, Roy Barman had secured 25,234 votes (56.59 per cent) followed by Krishna Majumder of CPI-M (17,852 votes), who is fighting the poll battle this time too. The numbers of votes secured by Congress and Trinamool Congress were 638 and 299 respectively. He was given a berth in the Biplab Kumar Deb-led cabinet with the portfolio of Health and later he was dropped as minister following his differences with Deb.
As soon as the by-election was declared by the Election Commission, the candidates of various political parties filed their nominations along with affidavits. In Agartala, all six nominations were declared valid after the scrutiny.
According to the affidavit filed by 58-year-old Roy Barman, his educational qualification is BE (Mech) in 1998 and LLB in 1992. Three criminal cases are pending against him and he holds movable assets having value of Rs. 1,07,27,937 and immovable assets of Rs. 1,24,50,060.
The BJP candidate- Dr. Ashok Sinha is 67 years old and no criminal case is pending against him. He holds an MBBS degree and is a renowned physician of the state. The value of his movable and immovable assets is Rs. 59,50,691 and Rs. 1,50,000,00.
CPI-M’s Krishna Majumder, who fought the polls from the same seat in 2018, studied M.A in Philosophy and she is 51 years old. No criminal case is pending against her. The value of her immovable assets is Rs. 1,56,570.
47-year-old Panna Deb, who is contesting the by-election on Trinamool Congress’ ticket, is Higher Secondary passed and she doesn’t hold any movable or immovable assets.
On behalf of SUCI(C), Malin Debbarma (62), who studied B.A in Calcutta University, is fighting in the by-elections. He has no record of any criminal cases. He holds movable assets of Rs. 20,35,000 and immovable assets having market value of Rs. 50,00,000.
Septuagenarian Brajalal Debnath is a candidate of ASP for the by-polls to 6- Agartala constituency. He obtained B.Tech (Civil Engg.) from IIT, Khargapur. He has no criminal case pending against him. The value of movable and immovable assets owned by Debnath is Rs. 27.58 lakh and Rs. 15 lakh respectively.
As per the details, it appeared that Roy Barman of Congress is the richest candidate in the by-elections of prestigious 6- Agartala assembly constituency followed by Dr. Ashok Sinha of BJP. According to political experts, the constituency is going to witness the fight mainly between three candidates of BJP, CPI-M and Congress. Krishna Majumder of CPI-M had secured the second position in 2018 polls in terms of vote share. Though, many of the people are predicting Dr. Sinha’s win with a good margin, the possibility of a tough fight between the trio can’t be ruled out at this moment.