Hummingbird News Desk
KOLKATA, 6 MARCH: A day before Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mega-rally at Kolkata’s iconic Brigade Parade Ground, BJP’s central election committee on Saturday released the first list of candidates for the West Bengal Assembly elections. General Secretary Arun Singh said, “BJP’s central election committee has approved the names of candidates on 57 out of 60 seats for West Bengal Assembly elections.”
Arun Singh also said Suvendu Adhikari will contest the election from the Nandigram seat. The former TMC heavyweight, who has recently joined BJP, will be facing the chief minister Mamata Banerjee who has already moved her constituency from Bhawanipore to Nandigram.
Out of 57 seats announced, the Baghmundi seat has been given to AJSU for West Bengal Assembly elections.
The party has pitched former Indian cricketer Ashoke Dinda from Moyna against TMC’s Sangram Kumar Dolui. Ex-IPS officer Bharati Ghosh will be contesting from Debra against TMC candidate Humayun Kabir who also happens to be an Ex-IPS office.
The BJP in its release said that a meeting of the Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party was held on 4th March under the chairmanship of party president Jagat Prakash Nadda and in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, Minister of Road Transport, Nitin Gadkari and all other members of Central Election Committee. The names have been approved by the Central Election Committee of the party.
Addressing the media in New Delhi, BJP General Secretary Arun Singh said that jungle raaj prevails in the state and voters have made up their mind to throw out the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamul Congress (TMC) government. Singh asserted that the BJP is set to form government in the state.
Mamata Banerjee, meanwhile, on Friday, released the list of TMC candidates for the upcoming assembly polls for 291 seats with emphasis on youths, minority, women and backward communities.
Three candidates of the Bimal Gurung faction of Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM), an ally of the TMC, will be contesting from the remaining three seats in Darjeeling.
The announcement comes amidst considerable unrest among the sitting MLAs of the Trinamul Congress whose names did not figure in the party’s list of candidates made public yesterday.
Below is the list of BJP Candidates for West Bengal Assembly Election 2021:
No. Constituency Name and No. Name of Candidate
1. 212 Patashpur Dr. Ambujaksha Mahanti
2. 213 Kanthi Uttar Smt. Sunita Singha
3. 214 Bhagabanpur Shri Rabindranath Maity
4. 215 Khejuri (SC) Shri Santanu Pramanik
5. 216 Kanthi Dakshin Shri Arup Kumar Das
6. 217 Ramnagar Shri Swadesh Ranjan Nayak
7. 218 Egra Shri Arup Das
8. 219 Dantan Shri Sakti Pada Nayak
9. 220 Nayagram (ST) Shri Bakul Murmu
10. 221 Gopiballavpur Shri Sanjit Mahato
11. 222 Jhargram Shri Sukhmoy Satpati
12. 223 Keshiary (ST) Smt. Sonali Murmu
13. 228 Kharagpur Shri Tapan Bhuiya
14. 233 Garbeta Shri Madan Ruidas
15. 234 Salboni Shri Rajib Kundu
16. 236 Medinipur Shri Shamit Dash
17. 237 Binpur (ST) Shri Palan Saren
18. 238 Bandwan (ST) Shri Parsi Murmu
19. 239 Balarampur Shri Baneswar Mahato
20. 240 Baghmundi Seat Left for Ally AJSU
21. 241 Joypur Shri Narahari Mahato
22. 242 Purulia Shri Sudip Mukharjee
23. 243 Manbazar (ST) Shri Gouri Singh Sardar
24. 245 Para (SC) Shri Nadia Chand Bauri
25. 246 Raghunathpur (SC) Adv. Bivekananda Bauri
26. 247 Saltora (SC) Smt. Chandana Bauri
27. 248 Chhatna Shri Satyanarayan Mukherjee
28. 249 Ranibandh (ST) Shri Khudiram Tudu
29. 250 Raipur (ST) Shri Sudhangsu Hansda
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30. 127 Gosaba (SC) Shri Chitta (Barun) Pramanik
31. 130 Patharpratima Shri Ashit Haldar
32. 131 Kakdwip Shri Deepankar Jana
33. 132 Sagar Shri Bikash Kamila
34. 203 Tamluk Dr. Harekrishna Bera
35. 204 Panskura Purab Shri Debabrata Patnayak
36. 205 Panskura Paschim Shri Shintu Senapati
37. 206 Moyna Shri Ashok Dinda (Cricketer)
38. 207 Nandakumar Shri Nilanjan Adhikari
39. 208 Mahishadal Shri Biswanath Banarjee
40. 209 Haldia (SC) Smt. Tapashi Mondal
41. 210 Nandigram Shri Suvendu Adhikari
42. 211 Chandipur Shri Pulak Kanti Guriya
43. 225 Narayangarh Shri Ramprasad Giri
44. 226 Sabang Shri Amulya Maity
45. 227 Pingla Smt. Antara Bhattacharya
46. 229 Debra Smt. Bharati Ghosh
47. 230 Daspur Shri Prashanth Bera
48. 231 Ghatal (SC) Shri Shital Kapat
49. 232 Chandrakona (SC) Shri Shibram Das
50. 235 Keshpur (SC) Shri Pritish Ranjan Kuar
51. 251 Taldangra Shri Shyamal Kumar Sarkar
52. 252 Bankura Shri Niladri Sekhar Dana
53. 254 Onda Shri Amar Sakha
54. 255 Bishnupur Shri Tanmoy Ghosh
55. 256 Katulpur (SC) Shri Harkali Patihar
56. 257 Indus (SC) Shri Nirmal Dhara
57. 258 Sonamukhi (SC) Shri Dibakar Ghourmi
