West Bengal Assembly Election 2021:
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday announced Suvendu Adhikari as its candidate from Nandigram where he will take on chief minister Mamata Banerjee in the upcoming West Bengal assembly elections.
The party’s general secretary Arun Singh also announced the names of 56 other candidates for the March-April assembly elections, out of which six are women and one seat has been given to the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU). Former Indian cricketer Ashoke Dinda, ex-IPS officer Bharati Ghosh among BJP candidates.
Elections in the eastern state will be held in eight phases from March 27. The votes will be counted in May 2.
