Turncoats and seasoned leaders on BJP Bengal list
(WorldNews India)

KOLKATA: The BJP´s first list of 28 candidates from Bengal, released on Thursday, was on expected lines with seasoned leaders and turncoats grabbing nominations for key Lok Sabha seats. At least one nomination, that of former Trinamool Yuva leader Nisith Pramanik from Cooch Behar, caused much heartburn among party cadres, who laid siege to the district party office in the evening but were warned by state president Dilip Ghosh that there would be `no change in the list prepared by the central leadership`. The names for the 14 remaining seats are likely to be released on Monday. As of now, BJP has fielded only four women and its final percentage of women candidates from Bengal will fall far...