TheBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may field Union Minister Babul Supriyo fromBhowanipore against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee if she contests from there.
MamataBanerjee, currently representing Bhowanipore, announced that she might contestfrom Nandigram. A senior BJP leader said that it was discussed in the BJPCentral Election Committee (CEC) that if she contests from two constituenciesthen Supriyo might be fielded against her.
"Withstrong candidates like Supriyo from Bhowanipore or Suvendu Adhikari fromNandigram, we are going to defeat her in both the seats," he said.
TheBJP CEC finalised candidates for about 60 seats where polling will be held infirst two phases.
"Namesof candidates for almost all the seats going for poll in first two phases hasbeen finalised and names will be announced most likely by Friday evening,"BJP West Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh said.
Ghoshfurther said that party will field strong candidate against Chief Ministerwhether she contests from one or two seats.