BJP Announces 2nd List Of Candidates For Bengal Polls; Babul Supriyo & Swapan Dasgupta Fielded

BJP on Sunday announced candidate names for Bengal elections. BJP announced names of 27 candidates for the third phase of election and 38 candidates for the fourth phase, including that of Union minister Babul Supriyo and former TMC leader Rajib Banerjee. Former TMC leader Rajib Banerjee who recently joined BJP has been fielded from Domjur. Former Chief Economic Advisor Ashok Lahiri has been fielded from the Alipurduar seat. Rabindranath Bhattacharya has been fielded from Singur, Swapan Dasgupta from Tarakeswar, Nishit Pramanik from Dinhata and Union minister Babul Supriyo from Tollygunge. BJP also announced that actor-turned-politician and party MP Locket Chatterjee will contest from Chunchura and Anjana Basu will contest from Sonarpur South. Indranil Das will contest from Kasba and actor Tanushree Chakraborty from Howrah Shyampur. Actor Payal Sarkar who recently joined BJP has been fielded from Behala Purba while another actor Yash Dasgupta has been fielded from Chanditala in Kolkata. BJP had earlier released a list of 58 candidates for the first two phases of election in Bengal. In its previous list of candidates, BJP had named Bengali actor Hiran Chatterjee, who also recently joined the party, as its candidate from Kharagpur Sadar assembly seat. Watch full bulletin. #BJP #BengalPolls2021 #IndiaToday Subscribe to India Today for NEW VIDEOS EVERY DAY and make sure to enable Push Notifications so you'll never miss a new video. All you need to do is PRESS THE BELL ICON next to the Subscribe button! India Today TV is India's leading English News Channel. India Today YouTube channel offers latest news videos on Politics, Business, Cricket, Bollywood, Lifestyle, Auto, Technology, Travel, Entertainment and a lot more. Stay tuned for latest updates and in-depth analysis of news from India and around the world! Follow us: Official website: https://www.indiatoday.in/ Twitter:   / indiatoday   Facebook:   / indiatoday   Telegram: https://t.me/indiatodayofficial