The Shiv Sena – a partner in the NDA – has decided to field candidates in 15 seats in West Bengal. All the candidates will be “Hindus” the party announced in Kolkata.
The Sena’s Bengal General-Secretary Ashok Sarkar announced on Thursday, 28 March, that his party will take on both the BJP and Trinamool in the seats of Calcutta South, Dum Dum, Basirhat, Barasat, Barrackpore, Jadavpur, Midnapore, Contai, Birbhum, Bolpur, Bankura, Bishnupur, Purulia, Murshidabad and Malda North.