BJP has released the fourth list of candidates for the assembly elections in West Bengal, which includes the names of 13 candidates. In the list released on Tuesday (March 31, 2026), the party has made Soma Thakur the candidate from Bagda seat reserved for Scheduled Castes, while on the other hand, Girija Shankar Roy has been declared the candidate from Natabari.

Along with this, the party has also changed one candidate declared in the second list. BJP has changed the previously declared candidate of Maynagudi. According to the new list of the party, Ashutosh Verma has been declared its candidate from Sitai seat, Girija Shankar Roy from Natabadi, Soma Thakur from Bagda and Uttam Kumar Banik from Magrahat East.
Ticket from Falta to Debangshu Panda
In this fourth list of BJP, Debangshu Panda has been given ticket from Falta, Debashish Pathak from Sonarpur North and Shyamal Hati from Howrah South. Apart from this, Ranjan Kumar Paul from Panchla seat, Piyush Kanti Das from Chandipur, Pradeep Lodha from Garbeta, Manav Guha from Memari and Arijit Roy from Barabani seat have been made BJP candidates.

BJP releases the fourth list of 13 candidates for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly Elections 2026, also replaces the candidate in Maynaguri constituency. pic.twitter.com/m36vrRsTQA

— ANI (@ANI) March 31, 2026

PM Modi’s first rally in Bengal on April 5
This time too there is a close contest between BJP and TMC in Bengal elections. BJP is trying its best to remove Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from power. In view of the assembly elections, big BJP leaders from all over the country are visiting Bengal. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address a rally in Cooch Behar, Bengal on April 5. Let us tell you that this will be PM Modi’s first rally regarding Bengal Assembly elections 2026.

To win Bengal, BJP plans to intensify the election campaign in the entire state from April 9 after the filing of nominations for the first two election phases. Cooch Behar has special importance for BJP because in 2021, BJP had won 8 out of 9 assembly seats there.

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