Name Announced Without Consent, Says BJP's Bengal Candidate
NDTV
Sikha Mitra, the wife of late Congress leader Somen Mitra, has said that she will not contest the elections starting March 27.
Hours after the BJP released its second list of candidates for the Bengal elections, the party's nominee from Kolkata's Chowringhee assembly constituency has claimed that her name was announced without her consent. Every time BJP announce a list of candidates for #BengalElections2021 you can make an omelette🤪so much egg on their face Sikha Mitra, the wife of late Congress leader Somen Mitra, has said that she will not contest the elections starting March 27. "No, I am not contesting from anywhere. My name has been announced without my consent. Also, I am not joining the BJP," she was quoted as saying by news agency PTI. Following her meeting with BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, there were rumours of her joining the party.
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