Sovan Chatterjee, who switched over to the BJP from Trinamool Congress in 2019, quit the saffron party after he was denied a ticket from Behala East assembly constituency.
Chatterjee, a former Kolkata mayor, was expecting a ticket, but the party chose to field new entrant to the party, actor-turned-politician Payal Sarkar from Behala East.
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According to media reports, Chatterjee and his friend Baishakhi Banerjee sent their resignation letters to the party's central leadership.
The BJP, on Sunday announced its list of candidates for the West Bengal polls. The party has fielded former chief economic adviser to the government Ashok Lahiri from the Alipurduar seat, Union Minister Babul Supriyo from Tollygunge, and Swapan Dasgupta from the Tarakeshwar assembly segment.
Actor-turned-politician and sitting MP Locket Chatterjee has been fielded from Chunchura and another MP Nishit Parmanik from Dinhata. Also, a number of film personalities have been nominated as candidates in the high-stakes battle for West Bengal.
—With PTI inputs