BJP names candidates for Tripura and West Bengal Assembly bypolls

Ahead of the upcoming bye-elections in Tripura and West Bengal, the BJP on Tuesday declared the names of candidates for poll-bound Assembly seats in these two states.

BJP has fielded Taffajal Hossain from Tripura’s Boxanagar Vidhan Sabha constituency while Bindu Debnath will be the party’s candidate from Tripura’s Dhanpur constituency.

Meanwhile, Tapasi Roy has been fielded as the candidate from West Bengal’s Dhupguri (SC) Assembly constituency.


The Central Election Committee of the BJP approved these names for the upcoming Assembly bypolls.

"Tripura, Boxanagar: Taffajal Hossain. Tripura, Dhanpur: Bindu Debnath. West Bengal, Dhupguri (SC): Tapasi Roy,” read a press release by the BJP national general secretary and headquarters in-charge Arun Singh