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The Bharatiya Janata Party surprised many with its latest list of Lok Sabha candidates for West Bengal, nominating a protester from Sandeshkhali for the Basirhat constituency and changing the seats of its two incumbent MPs -- the party's former state chief Dilip Ghosh and ex-Union minister Debasree Chowdhury.
The state sends 42 MPs to the Lok Sabha.One of the most significant choices of the party has been Rekha Patra, a housewife from the troubled region of Sandeshkhali.
An eight-member BJP delegation visits the area
Unrestricted talk, or “adda,” is the main draw at two storied cafes that are at once museums to the city’s intellectual history — and places for debate.
Coffee or Chai? At 2 Kolkata cafes, ‘adda’ is what’s really on the menu