BJP releases list of candidates for 148 seats: Mukul Roy to contest after 20 years

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday named candidates for 148 of 159 West Bengal Assembly seats which will poll in the last four phases. The list includes heavyweights such as national vice-president Mukul Roy, senior leader Rahul Sinha, sitting MP Jagannath Sarkar.

Mukul Roy, who unsuccessfully contested 2001 Assembly polls on a Trinamool ticket, will return to electoral battle after 20 years from Krishnanagar Uttar constituency in Nadia district. His son and other TMC turncoats have also been named in the list.

Actor Rundranil Ghosh, who recently joined the saffron brigade, has been fielded from the high-profile Bhabanipur constituency in Kolkata, which is currently held by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

The Trinamool Congress supremo decided to contest from Nandigram this time, leaving her home constituency to senior leader Sobhandeb Chattopadhyay.

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