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BJP fields former CEA Ashok Lahiri
March 14, 2021
MPs, defectors from TMC, actors get tickets too The BJP on Sunday sprung a surprise as it announced former Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) and noted economist Ashok Lahiri as a candidate for the upcoming Assembly polls in West Bengal.
Lahiri, who was a member of the 15th Finance Commission and worked with Union Finance Ministers Jaswant Singh and P Chidambaram, will contest the North Bengal seat of Alipurduar – a semi-urban constituency with a tea garden-centric economy and tribal populace.
Lahiri was appointed as a part-time member of the 15th Finance Commission in November 2017, and in April 2018, elevated as a full-time member.
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday named a total of 63 candidates for the West Bengal Assembly elections that are to be conducted in eight phases between March 27 and April 29. The constituencies will be going to the elections in the third and fourth phases.
Defections from Trinamool mar poll landscape
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Moral victory, says Bharatiya Janata Party, while the Trinamool Congress terms it ‘good riddance’
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TMC leaders Sonali Guha (4th from right) and Sarala Murmu (2nd from right) joining BJP in Kolkata on Monday.
Moral victory, says Bharatiya Janata Party, while the Trinamool Congress terms it ‘good riddance’
The defection of 88-year-old four-time Trinamool Congress MLA from Singur Rabindranath Bhattacharya to the BJP could not have come at a worse time. Mr. Bhattacharya known as “master
moshai (teacher)” is not only respected for his integrity, but he was also the face of the protests against forcible land acquisition at Singur for the Tata Nano small car project.
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