<p>Criticising the state party leadership's failure to fix the organisational gaps for the defeat in the Dhupguri by-poll, party national secretary Anupam Hazra Friday called for 'proper' self-assessment and fixing of the lacunae ahead of the Lok Sabha poll.</p>.<p>The ruling TMC wrested the Dhupguri assembly seat in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Friday from the BJP in the September 5 by-election.</p>.Pro-TMC forum of academics stage protest against West Bengal Governor near Raj Bhavan.<p> TMC candidate Nirmal Chandra Roy, a college professor, won the seat by over 4,000 votes. His nearest rival was BJP's Tapasi Roy, the widow of a CRPF jawan killed in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir in 2021.</p>.<p>CPI (M) candidate Ishwar Chandra Roy, who the Congress backed, was at a distant third spot.</p>.<p>"I think it is high time that there is proper self-assessment and organisational gaps are fixed ahead of the Lok Sabha poll. We should take measures to fix our lacunae at the earliest," Hazra told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>Former BJP state president and MP Dilip Ghosh said it is 'quite natural' and generally so that the party in power in the state wins by-polls.</p>.<p>"But at the same time we must also have some sort of self assessment regarding the results," he said.</p>.<p>State BJP spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya, however, said the party will react to the election result in the evening after a thorough discussion within the party.</p>.<p>With the defeat in Dhupguri, the BJP has lost all by-elections since its 2021 assembly poll defeat and the official number of seats of the party in the state assembly comes has down to 74 from the 77.</p>.<p>Six BJP MLAs have switched to the TMC but are yet to resign. </p>
<p>Criticising the state party leadership's failure to fix the organisational gaps for the defeat in the Dhupguri by-poll, party national secretary Anupam Hazra Friday called for 'proper' self-assessment and fixing of the lacunae ahead of the Lok Sabha poll.</p>.<p>The ruling TMC wrested the Dhupguri assembly seat in West Bengal's Jalpaiguri district on Friday from the BJP in the September 5 by-election.</p>.Pro-TMC forum of academics stage protest against West Bengal Governor near Raj Bhavan.<p> TMC candidate Nirmal Chandra Roy, a college professor, won the seat by over 4,000 votes. His nearest rival was BJP's Tapasi Roy, the widow of a CRPF jawan killed in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir in 2021.</p>.<p>CPI (M) candidate Ishwar Chandra Roy, who the Congress backed, was at a distant third spot.</p>.<p>"I think it is high time that there is proper self-assessment and organisational gaps are fixed ahead of the Lok Sabha poll. We should take measures to fix our lacunae at the earliest," Hazra told <em>PTI</em>.</p>.<p>Former BJP state president and MP Dilip Ghosh said it is 'quite natural' and generally so that the party in power in the state wins by-polls.</p>.<p>"But at the same time we must also have some sort of self assessment regarding the results," he said.</p>.<p>State BJP spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya, however, said the party will react to the election result in the evening after a thorough discussion within the party.</p>.<p>With the defeat in Dhupguri, the BJP has lost all by-elections since its 2021 assembly poll defeat and the official number of seats of the party in the state assembly comes has down to 74 from the 77.</p>.<p>Six BJP MLAs have switched to the TMC but are yet to resign. </p>