Kolkata, April 16 : West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress has taken an unassailable lead in both Asansol Lok Sabha and Ballygunge Assembly constituencies as in Asansol, yesteryear’s noted Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha, who is contesting on the Trinamool Congress symbol, is leading over his nearest rival Agnimitra Paul of BJP by over 1,35,000 votes and in Ballygunge, Babul Supriyo – in the fray as Trinamool candidate – is leading by more than 12,000 votes over CPI-M’s Saira Shah Halim.In the Lok Sabha polls around three years back, BJP’s Babul Supriyo won the Asansol LS seat by a 1,97,637 margin over then Trinamool nominee actress Moon Moon Sen. The by-polls were necessitated as Supriyo resigned from the seat last October after joining the Trinamool.In Ballygunge, Supriyo – in the fray as Trinamool candidate – is leading by more than 12,000 votes over CPI-M’s Saira Shah Halim. Congress nominee Kamruzzaman Choudhury was in third place, while BJP’s Keya Ghosh was far behind in the fourth position.The seat fell vacant after Trinamool Congress MLA and veteran state minister Subrata Mukherjee passed away last November. Around 66.42 per cent and 41.23 per cent polling were registered in the Asansol Lok Sabha constituency and the Ballygunje Assembly seats respectively on April 12. PC-SJC KK
