India, March 16 -- The BJP on Monday released the first list of candidates for Assembly elections in West Bengal. The list was released a day after the Election Commission announced the poll schedule for elections in four states and the Union Territory of Puducherry.

The elections in West Bengal will be held in two phases - April 23 and April 29. As per CEC Gyanesh Kumar, the number of phases for the assembly elections in Bengal has been reduced for "convenience."

1. Sukumar Roy

2. Savitri Barman

3. Ajay Roy

4. Malati Rava Roy

5. Manoj Kumar Oraon

6. Bishal Lama

7. Paritosh Das

8. Deepak Barman

9. Sikha Chatterjee

10. Puna Bhengra

11. Anandamay Barman

12. Shankar Ghosh

13. Durga Murmu

14. Sarjit Biswas

15. Manoj Jain

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