Biplab Mitra

Within a little more than a year of switching over to the BJP, Biplab Mitra, a prominent leader of North Bengal, returned to the Trinamool Congress on Friday.

He contested his first election in 1977 and lost. Since then the indefatigable Biplab Mitra has tried unsuccessfully five more times, earning him the nickname "haru Mitra". But the Trinamool Congress candidate is not giving up.Mitra, the son of a freedom fighter, has contested four assembly polls and two for the Lok Sabha. He hopes that the 2011 We...

Within a little more than a year of switching over to the BJP, Biplab Mitra, a prominent leader of North Bengal, returned to the Trinamool Congress on Friday.

He contested his first election in 1977 and lost. Since then the indefatigable Biplab Mitra has tried unsuccessfully five more times, earning him the nickname "haru Mitra". But the Trinamool Congress candidate is not giving up.Mitra, the son of a freedom fighter, has contested four assembly polls and two for the Lok Sabha. He hopes that the 2011 We...