Nomination for the Ramgarh State Assembly by-election started from Tuesday. The nomination process will continue till February 7. The scrutiny will be on February 8. Along with this, the date of withdrawal of nominations is till February 10. Polling on this seat will be held on February 27. The result will be announced on March 2.
The preparations for enrollment for bypoll have been completed. The District Election Officer com Deputy Commissioner (DC) Madhavi Mishra and Superintendent of Police (SP), Piyush Pandey inspected the subdivision office and reviewed the preparations.
It may be mentioned here that Ramgarh's Congress MLA, Mamta Devi was sentenced to 5 years in the IPL firing case. MLA Mamta Devi was disqualified by the state assembly after being convicted in a criminal case. The matter is of the year 2016. In which there was a movement against the IPL management for the demands under the banner of Nagrik Chetna Manch.
The bugle of Ramgarh assembly by-election has sounded. All the parties have started their preparations.
In Ramgarh's IPL factory, in 2016, the people under leadership of Mamta Devi protested for 16-point demands. This movement, which lasted for a month, took a violent form at one time, due to which the police had to release tear gas shells and had to fire in self-defence. Two people were killed in this incident while many were injured. This movement made Mamta Devi an MLA by the public, but the court found Mamta Devi guilty while hearing the case. The court imposed a fine of ten thousand on Mamta Devi and sentenced her to five years. Due to the sentence of five years, she lost the eligibility for assembly membership and her membership was cancelled by the Assembly.