Bengal Polls 2021
Bengal BJP chief Dilip Ghosh won't contest in state elections
Kolkata/IBNS: At a time the saffron party has fielded its union ministers and parliamentarians in the West Bengal election, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president Dilip Ghosh on Thursday cleared he would not contest the polls this time.
"My name will not be there in the candidate list. As a party chief, I would be campaigning across the state," said Ghosh, who had a meteoric rise in the state politics.
Ghosh had successfully contested the state polls in 2016 from Kharagpur Sadar. He had to resign as an MLA after he was elected to the Lok Sabha three years later from Medinipur.
The BJP on Sunday unveiled a fresh list of candidates which includes Lok Sabha MP Locket Chatterjee, Union Minister Babul Supriyo and others.
The first phase of state polls will be held on Mar 27.
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