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The BJP central election committee has decided the names of the candidates who will contest the byelections to the Lok Sabha and Assembly.
Hem Chandra Burman will contest from Cooch Behar Parliamentary constituency Ambuj Mohanti will fight from Tamluk Parliamentary constituency and Biswajit Poddar will contest from Monteswar Assembly constituency. Jagat Prakash Nadda secretary of the central election committee of the BJP informed the state committee regarding the names.
Earlier expelled CPI-M leader Lakshman Seth who joined BJP was speculated to be the candidate from Tamluk. But the state BJP did not take the risk to select him as the candidate for Parliament polls as he was also held responsible by manywithin and outside the CPIMfor the violent standoff between the Left and the Trinamul Congress during the unrest over rumours of land acquisition at Nandigram in the district in 2007. The state BJP also recommended the name of Locket Chatterjee to contest from Tamluk. However the Central leadership did not agree on their candidature from Tamluk.
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