Kolkata, March 17 -- Former BJP MP Dilip Ghosh has returned to contest from the Kharagpur Sadar Assembly constituency, a seat he won in the 2016 Assembly elections, as the party released its first list of 144 candidates for the West Bengal Assembly elections.

Speaking to the reporters, Dilip Ghosh said that the party aims to gain more votes than in the last assembly elections.

"The party felt I should be made the candidate, so it made the announcement. As party workers, we have to follow this and win the election... We aim to win with more votes than the BJP got last time," he said.

Dilip Ghosh is a prominent BJP face in West Bengal politics. He has served as the BJP state president from 2015 to 2021. He was elected as MP from Medinipu...