BJP names six candidates for West Bengal by-elections
New Delhi, Apr 27 (UNI) The BJP on Saturday announced the names of its six candidates for by-elections to the state legislature of West Bengal.
According to announcement made by BJP Central Election Committee general secretary J P Nadda,the party nominee for Bhatpara assembly seat will be Pawan Kumar Singh.
Other candidates are Neeraj Tamang Zimba (Darjeeling), Dr Samayroop Mandal (Islampur), Jual Murmu (Habibpur), Sanat Mandal (Kandi) and Anupam Mandal (Nowda).
The crucial assembly seat Bhatpara in Trinamool Congress-ruled West Bengal fell vacant after the sitting MLA Arjun Singh defected to the BJP and resigned his seat.
Arjun Singh is now BJP nominee from Barrackpore parliamentary seat and is pitted against former Railway Minister and senior Trinamool Congress leader Dinesh Trivedi.
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