Summary:
Former BJP MLA from Basirhat, Samik Bhattacharya, has been shifted to Dum Dum while party state general secretary Sayantan Basu has been fielded from Basirhat. As of now, BJP has fielded only four women and its final percentage of women candidates from Bengal will fall far short of the 41% achieved by Trinamool.Almost all senior state party functionaries figure on the BJP list with Ghosh being fielded from Midnapore and national secretary Rahul Sinha from Kolkata Uttar. He will defend his seat, this time as a BJP candidate.Former CPM MLA from Habibpur, Khagen Murmu, who joined BJP a few days ago, has been given the ticket from Malda Uttar. The then Trinamool Yuva leader from Bhetaguri had led the party’s youth wing to establish command on Dinhata panchayat samiti in the rural polls. Local BJP leaders had put up posters against him to alert the high command as the party will have to take on Trinamool’s Mausam Noor in this seat.The most interesting BJP decision is to field Nisith Pramanik from Cooch Behar..