In a shot in the arm for the ruling dispensation, JMM candidate and state tourism minister Hafizul Hassan won the Madhupur by-election on Sunday, defeating BJP candidate Ganga Narayan by over 5,000 votes. HT Image By-election for the seat, necessitated due to demise of JMM party veteran and minority welfare minister Haji Hussain Ansari in October last, was held on …
State’s sports and tourism minister Hafizul Hassan, son of former minority welfare minister Haji Hussain Ansari who died last year, filed his nomination as JMM candidate on Thursday for Madhupur assembly by-election going to held on April 17. HT Image Rural development minister Alamgir Alam and other Congress selected representatives from Santhal Paragana, state labour minister Satyanand Bhokta, besides the …
