WB News: After thousands of tussles, BJP has finally announced its candidate for Asansol Lok Sabha constituency. Surendra Singh Ahluwalia is the BJP candidate from Asansol Lok Sabha constituency. BJP announced this on Wednesday. ‘Bhoomiputra’ Surendra Singh Ahluwalia will fight against Asansol MP and Trinamool candidate Shatrughan Sinha. Earlier, BJP had fielded Bhojpuri singer and actor Pawan Singh from Asansol seat. However, due to controversies he withdrew his candidature.
Got only 15 days time for election campaign
“Just found out,” Ahluwalia said in his initial reaction after his name was announced as a candidate. I saw the list of candidates. I am going to Asansol on Thursday. He got fifteen days to campaign. This time also there is exactly 15 days between the last day of name announcement and submission of nomination. This time he had not said anything on fielding Dilip Ghosh from Burdwan-Durgapur seat and now BJP has given him the ticket from Asansol.