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Bengal RS bypolls: BJP may field three former TMC MPs

The Election Commission of India’s recent announcement of by-elections to three Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal, which fell vacant following the resignations of Sukhendu Sekhar Ray, Sushmita Dev and Prakash Chik Baraik — the three Trinamool Congress MPs who stepped down after the party’s debacle in the recent West Bengal Assembly elections — has brought the focus back on the former MPs and the BJP’s plans for them.

ESI scheme for tea workers under consideration

The West Bengal labour department on Monday held a meeting in hybrid mode to discuss the proposed introduction of the Employees’ State Insurance (ESI) scheme in the tea plantation sector, amid growing concerns over the deteriorating health infrastructure in tea gardens across the state.