Actor Hiran Chatterjee Named BJP Candidate in West Bengal Assembly Elections; Which Constituency After Kharagpur?
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Hiran Chatterjee Nominated from Shyampur; Kharagpur Goes to Dilip Ghosh
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News18•19-03-2026, 17:40
Hiran Chatterjee Nominated from Shyampur; Kharagpur Goes to Dilip Ghosh
•Actor Hiran Chatterjee is nominated by BJP from Shyampur constituency in their second list of candidates.
•He was previously a candidate from Kharagpur, a stronghold of Dilip Ghosh, and had won from there.
•Dilip Ghosh has been re-nominated from Kharagpur Sadar, leading to initial speculation about Hiran not getting a ticket.
•Hiran's first wife, Anindita, expressed happiness when he was not nominated from Kharagpur, calling him a 'hypocrite' and accusing him of cheating the people of Kharagpur.
•BJP has largely retained winning MLAs in their assembly candidate list, with Hiran being shifted to Shyampur.
