KOLKATA: Abhishek Manu Singhvi of the Congress party and 4 nominees of the state’s ruling Trinamool Congress Subhasish Chakraborty, Abir Ranjan Biswas, Md. Nadimul Haq and Santanu Sen on Friday sailed to victory in the election held for the 5 vacancies from West Bengal in the Rajya Sabha.
Singhvi, whose last stint in the Rajya Sabha was from Rajasthan, contested from West Bengal after the TMC chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced support for him.
Singhvi got 47 votes, Subhasish Chakraborty secured 54, Nadimul Haq and Biswas got 52 votes each and Shantanu Sen got 51.CPM candidate Rabin Deb, backed by the Left Front, lost.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Opposition leader Abdul Mannan and the MLAs cast their votes in the assembly premises.
