BJP not to contest LS bypolls

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI, MAY 5. The Bharatiya Janata Party will not be contesting either of the two Lok Sabha by-elections to be held later this month.

The Aska parliamentary seat in Orissa will be left for the Biju Janata Dal whose leader, Mr. Naveen Patnaik, vacated it on becoming Chief Minister. The Panskura Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal, which fell vacant following the death of the CPI leader, Geeta Mukherjee, has been left for the Trinamool Congress.

This decision was taken during a meeting of the BJP's Central Election Committee chaired by the vice-president, Mr. Jana Krishnamurthy, here today in the absence of Mr. Kushabhau Thakre.The party finalised its candidate for one of the three Assembly seats in Bihar.

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