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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.
Moitra's opponent was revealed shortly after she criticized the saffron party for not announcing its candidate for Krishnangar, a seat that has been held by the TMC since 2009.
Trinamool leader Mahua Moitra must overcome the challenge of Bharatiya Janata party debutant Amrita Roy, the matriarch of a local royal family, if she is to win back the Krishnanagar Lok Sabha seat from which she was expelled last year.
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.