Updated Mar 10, 2021 | 12:12 IST
Actors-turned-politicians such as Locket Chatterjee, Roopa Ganguly, Babul Supriyo, Manoj Tiwari, Srabanti Chatterjee, Paayel Sarkar and Hiran Chatterjee are among the star campaigners. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee; Suvendu Adhikhari; Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
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Mithun Chakraborty, who recently joined the BJP, will campaign for Suvendu Adhikari in Nandigram, who has been fielded as Mamata’s opponent in a fierce face-off
Chakraborty, Smriti Irani and Dharmendra Pradhan will accompany Adhikari for his nomination on March 12
Kolkata: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday announced the list of star campaigners for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, which also features actor-turned-politician Mithun Chakraborty.
West Bengal: BJP s star campaigners list rolled out ANI | Updated: Mar 10, 2021 14:04 IST
By Kumar Gaurav
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], March 10 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday released its list of 40-star campaigners for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly election. The list includes names of several popular celebrities including Mithun Chakraborty, Yash Dasgupta, Srabanti Chatterjee, Payel Sarkar and Hiran Chatterjee.
The first name on the list is of Prime Minister Narendra Modi followed by BJP National President JP Nadda and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. The fourth name in the list is of Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
A total of 40-star campaigners list has been submitted to the Election Commission of India, which includes names of leaders from the tribal community like Union Minister Arjun Munda, Jual Oram and Babu Lal Marandi. Apart from this, Union ministers like Nitin Gadkari, Dharmendra Pradhan and Smriti Irani h
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A view of the Brahmaputra in Assam. China has given the green light for dams on the lower reaches of the river in Tibet, just before it enters India. File
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A draft of China’s new Five-Year Plan (2021-2025), which is set to be formally approved on March 11, has given the green light for the first dams to be built on the lower reaches of Yarlung Zangbo river, as the Brahmaputra is known in Tibet, before it flows into India.