CONFIRMED: BJP fields Chandra Kumar Bose from Kolkata South in 2019 Lok Sabha polls; Here are the 28 announced names from West Bengal

In the race up to the Lok Sabha elections that are scheduled to be held in seven phases from April 11 to May 19, the BJP released its first list that includes 182 candidates. The party's central election committee (CEC) met on Wednesday evening as a part of its deliberations to consolidate the candidate list. To contend against chief minister Mamata Banerjee's TMC and a dodgy Congress-CPI (M) probable alliance, BJP has released its first list for the state of West Bengal. The grand nephew of Subhash Chandra Bose, Chandra Kumar Bose is set to fight the South Kolkata seat, and is the new face of BJP in the the Mamata Banerjee-led state. Here is the list: Maldaha Uttar - Khagen Murmu Maldaha Dakshin- Sreerupa Mitra Choudhury Krishnanagar- Kalyan Chowbey Barrackpur- Arjun Singh Dum Dum- Samik Bhattacharya Barasat- Dr. Mrinal Kanthi Debnath Basirhat- Sayantan Basu Jaynagar- Dr. Ashok Kandari Mathurapur- Shyamaprasad Halder Jadavpur- Anupam Hazra Kolkata Dakshin- Chandra Kumar Bose Kolkata Uttar- Rahul Sinha Serampore- Debajit Sarkar Hooghly- Locket Chaterjee Arambagh- Tapan Roy Tamluk- Siddharth Naskar Ghatal- Bharati Ghosh Jhargram- Dr. Kunar Hembram Medinipur- Dilip Ghosh Bishnupur- Soumitra Kha Bardhaman Purba- Paresh Chandra Das Asansol- Babul Supriyo Birbhum- Dudh Kumar Mondal Coochbehar- Nisith Pramanik Alipurduars- John Barla Jalpaiguri- Jayanta Ray Raiganj- Deboshree Chaudhary Balurghar- Dr. Sukanta Majumdar #BJPFirstList | Babul Supriyo to contest from Asansol, Kiren Rijiju to contest from Arunachal Pradesh West: Union Minister JP Nadda Tune in to watch LIVE- https://t.co/LGCyJUWcLF pic.twitter.com/b3iF3O7Plm — Republic (@republic) March 21, 2019 READ| CONFIRMED: PM Modi To Contest 2019 Lok Sabha Elections From Varanasi; Here Are The Other Candidates From Uttar Pradesh Whose Names Have Been Announced On Wednesday, the party held its the third CEC meeting which was chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and found party president Amit Shah, and Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley in attendance. The Congress has already announced candidates for 146 Lok Sabha constituencies so far. The deadline to file the nominations is March 25. #May23WithArnab | Election Commission (EC) announces #LokSabhaElections2019 in 7 phases between April 11 and May 19 - Counting day on May 23. Watch Republic TV here - https://t.co/LGCyJUEBn5 pic.twitter.com/nGqVHzK8cr — Republic (@republic) March 10, 2019 READ| BJP'S FIRST LIST OUT: BJP Releases First List Of 182 Candidates For 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. Here It Is

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CONFIRMED: BJP fields Chandra Kumar Bose from Kolkata South in 2019 Lok Sabha polls; Here are the 28 announced names from West Bengal

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