West Bengal polls: BJP pits Netaji's kin against Mamata Banerjee
“Chandra Kumar Bose will be BJP's candidate against Mamata Banerjee,â€Union minister Smriti Irani announced.
New Delhi: The BJP on Wednesday named Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose’s grandnephew, Chandra Kumar Bose as its candidate from the prestigious Bhawanipur assembly constituency against West Bengal chief minister and Trinamul supremo Mamata Banerjee.
After his name was announced, Mr Bose said the “change” for which people had voted Trinamul to power in 2011 had not come and only the BJP was capable of bringing it. “Chandra Kumar Bose will be BJP’s candidate against Mamata Banerjee,” Union minister Smriti Irani announced.
Meanwhile, BJP on late Wednesday night announced the names of 88 candidates for the Assam assembly polls including those of its chief ministerial candidate Sarbananda Sono-wal, former Congress leader Himanta Biswa Sarma and Lok Sabha MP Kamakhya Prasad Tasha, who has been fielded against Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi.
The party's decision to contest 90 seats means that some of its candidates will have a friendly fight with allies like AGP or Bodoland People's Front.