Big Names From BJP's First List For West Bengal Assembly Polls 2021, Union Minister Babul Supriyo & Several Sitting MPs Feature

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on March 14 released its list of candidates for the third & fourth phases of the West Bengal Assembly elections, fielding several sitting MPs & TMC turncoats. Names in the list include Union minister Babul Supriyo; BJP MPs Locket Chatterjee, Nisith Pramanik & Swapan Dasgupta & former TMC leaders Rajib Banerjee, Rabindranath Bhattacharya, Prabir Ghoshal & Dipak Haldar. BJP has also fielded popular Bengali actors Yash Dasgupta, Payel Sarkar & Tanushree Chakraborty, who recently joined the party. BJP national general secretary Arun Singh announced names of the party’s candidates in 27 seats out of 31 for the third phase & in 36 seats out of 44 going to polls in the fourth phase. Watch the video to know more.

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