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The Hindu
The Hindu
National
Shiv Sahay Singh

Political bigwigs battle it out in fourth phase of polls in Bengal

Eight Lok Sabha seats spread across five districts of West Bengal will go to polls under the fourth phase of elections scheduled for May 13. The constituencies located across south Bengal will see political heavyweights such as State Congress president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury contesting from Baharampur, Trinamool Congress (TMC) leaders Mahua Moitra contesting from Krishnanagar and Shatrughan Sinha from Asansol respectively.

The BJP candidates in fray in the fourth phase include former State BJP president Dilip Ghosh from Bardhaman Durgapur, S.S. Ahluwalia from Asansol constituency and Jagannath Sarkar from the Ranagath seat. The polling on May 13 will also see two world cup-winning cricketers Yusuf Pathan and Kirti Azad testing the political pitch from Baharampur and Bardhaman Durgapur respectively. Both of them have been nominated by the TMC.

Also read: Updates from the Lok Sabha polls on May 09, 2024

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