Bangshibadan Barman 's assertion is a boost for TMC ahead of Lok Sabha polls because the BJP, in its bid to retain its grip on the Rajbanshi-dominated Lok Sabha seats of north Bengal, has recently inducted Ananta Maharaj, who leads another group of GCPA, as the party’s candidate in Rajya Sabha
After the bypoll was announced last month, along with six other Assembly constituencies of other states, the demand to carve a new subdivision in Dhupguri gained ground