West Bengal will vote in eight phases from March 27.
Calcutta:
MPs such as Minister Babul Supriyo, Locket Chatterjee and Swapan Dasgupta were recruited by the BJP on Sunday to contest the West Bengal elections that begin later this month, in the latest sign that the party leaves no stone unturned in its battle. high risk against the Boss. Minister Mamata Banerjee.
Babul Supriyo, singer-turned-politician and junior environment minister, will compete from Tollygunge in Kolkata, the heart of the state’s film industry. Actor-turned-politician Locket Chatterjee will run from Chinsurah in Hooghly district, Swapan Dasgupta from Tarkeshwar in the same district, and Nisith Pramanik, also a MP, from Dinhata In Cooch Behar.
In announcing the names of 27 candidates for the third phase and 38 candidates for the fourth phase of the elections in West Bengal, the BJP also dispatched former chief economic adviser Ashok Lahiri from the Alipurduar assembly seat.
Among the celebrities selected on the shortlist are actor Yash Dasgupta from Chanditala in Hooghly, actor Payel Sarkar from Behala East in Kolkata, actor Tanusree Chakraborty from Shyampur in Howrah district and actor Anjana Basu from Sonarpur South in the South 24 Parganas district.
Rabindranath Bhattacharjee, the 89-year-old former Trinamool Congress MLA from Singur who joined the BJP last week after his old party left him this time, will compete from his old seat. Other defectors from the Trinamool Congress, Rajib Banerjee from Domjur and Prabir Ghoshal from Uttarpara, have also been given their former seats.
Last week, the BJP had released its first list of 57 candidates for the polls that pitted former Mamata Banerjee aide Suvendu Adhikari of Nandigram against the head of the Trinamool Congress, setting the stage for a high-profile contest from the seat. in the state assembly elections.
West Bengal will hold elections in record eight phases from March 27 to April 29. Votes will be counted on May 2. The BJP has launched an all-out campaign to defeat the two-time Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her Trinamool Congress.
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