AGARTALA, Sep 2 (TIWN): Congress has selected Ratan Das as the candidate for Tripura by-election which is going to be held on September 23. Ratan Das is a leader of Badharghat whose family was severely attacked by BJP MLA Ram Prasad Pal's brother Mana Pal after Congress celebrated 3 state's winning by Congress. AICC in a press release has announced this.

CPI-M also has announced candidate’s name whereas BJP and IPFT will announce shortly.

The by-election for the 14-Badharghat Legislative Assembly constituency (SC) will be held on September 23.The seat had become vacant after the demise of BJP MLA Dilip Sarkar.Along with Tripura, by-polls will be held for the Hamirpur seat in Uttar Pradesh, Dantewada in Chhattisgarh and Pala in Kerala on September 23.

The counting of votes will be held on September 27.Nominations can be submitted from August 28 till September 4. The scrutiny of the nominations will be held on September 4. The last date for withdrawing nominations has been scheduled for September 7. 

Model code of conduct has come in effect in 14-Badhaghat constituency. The senior Tripura BJP leader and five-time MLA Dilip Sarkar died on April 1 at a private hospital in Delhi after prolonged illness. With the announcement of the election schedule, a model code of conduct has come in effect in these constituencies.

Dilip Sarkar, was a former state PWD Minister in the Congress-Tripura Upajati Juba Samity (TUJS) alliance government between 1988 and 1993, died after suffereing from acute liver disease.