Bengal Polls: BJP releases candidate list; Babul Supriyo, TMC turncoat Rajib Banerjee in fray
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Updated: Sunday, March 14, 2021, 19:57 [IST]
New Delhi, Mar 14: BJP on Sunday announced names of 27 candidates for the third phase of election and 38 candidates for the fourth phase, for the poll-bound West Bengal.
Babul Supriyo We are announcing the names of 27 candidates for the third phase and 38 candidates for the fourth phase of polls in West Bengal. Economist Ashok Lahiri will contest from Alipurduar, and Rabindranath Bhattacharya from Singur, said BJP National General Secretary Arun Singh.
The BJP has fielded former chief economic adviser to the government Ashok Lahiri from the Alipurduar seat, Union Minister Babul Supriyo from Tollygunge, and Swapan Dasgupta from the Tarakeshwar Assembly segment.
New Delhi [India], March 14 (ANI): Union Minister Babul Supriyo and MP Locket Chatterjee are among the 65 candidates whose names were released by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday for the third and fourth phase of the upcoming West Bengal assembly polls.
Updated Mar 14, 2021 | 16:51 IST
Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta and Union Minister Babul Supriyo are also in the poll fray this time. Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta and Union Minister Babul Supriyo | Photo Credit: PTI
Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday released a list of 27 candidates for the third phase and a list of 38 candidates for the fourth phase of assembly elections in West Bengal.
Rajya Sabha MP Swapan Dasgupta and Union Minister Babul Supriyo are also in the poll fray this time. Actor-turned-politician and sitting MP Locket Chatterjee has been fielded from Chunchura and another MP Nishit Parmanik from Dinhata.
Read more about West Bengal polls: Babul Supriyo, Locket Chatterjee among BJP s candidates on Business Standard. Union Minister Babul Supriyo and MP Locket Chatterjee are among the 65 candidates whose names were released by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday