The Bharatiya Janata Party surprised many with its latest list of Lok Sabha candidates for West Bengal, nominating a protester from Sandeshkhali for the Basirhat constituency and changing the seats of its two incumbent MPs the party s former state chief Dilip Ghosh and ex-Union minister Debasree Chowdhury.
The state sends 42 MPs to the Lok Sabha.One of the most significant choices of the party has been Rekha Patra, a housewife from the troubled region of Sandeshkhali.