BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari participated in a Ram Navami procession in Bhabanipur, while heightened security was deployed across West Bengal, especially in sensitive districts like Howrah and Hooghly (Pics/PTI and File Pic)
Updated On: 2026-03-26 02:47 PM IST
Compiled by : Tarun Verma
BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday participated in a Ram Navami procession in Bhabanipur, a constituency in south Kolkata
Tight security arrangements have been made across the state, with special focus on Howrah and Hooghly districts that witnessed unrest in previous years on this occasion
The BJP has fielded Adhikari from Bhabanipur, where Mamata Banerjee looks to retain the seat she had won in a bypoll after she was defeated by Adhikari at Nandigram in the 2021 assembly elections
West Bengal Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari will contest from Nandigram, where he defeated Mamata Banerjee in 2021, and from Bhabanipur
West Bengal has 294 Assembly seats, and the party is expected to announce the remaining candidates soon.
