January 05, 2026 05:51 pm (IST)
Bengal elections: Mamata files nomination
Kolkata, Apr 8 (IBNS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday filed her nomination from Bhawanipore constituency for the state Assembly elections.
She will fight to retain the seat as a Trinamool Congress candidate.
She was accompanied by a large number of party men.
The main rivals of Banerjee, the TMC supremo, are Deepa Das Munshi of the Congress, who has been fielded as a candidate of the Congress-Left alliance. The Bharaitya Janata Party has nominated Chandra Bose, a nephew of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.
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