Counting of votes for the bypolls to four assembly seats in West Bengal, Jharkhand and Tripura will begin at 8am on Friday in the first electoral test for the INDIA bloc against the BJP.
A week after the INDIA alliance said it will contest next year's Lok Sabha election "together", the "as far as possible" addendum has become evident in bypolls in Kerala, Uttarakhand and Bengal, where INDIA members are fighting each other.
Seven Assembly constituencies will hold bypolls across six states to fill vacant seats on Tuesday. This will be the first show of strength of the Opposition bloc, Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) against Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA)
Bypoll Elections 2023: By-elections is being held for seven seats across six states namely Ghosi in Uttar Pradesh, Dhupguri in West Bengal, Puthuppally in Kerala, Bageshwar in Uttarakhand, Dumri in Jharkhand and Boxanagar and Dhanpur in Tripura and more on TOI