Sikha Mitra

Hours after the BJP released its second list of candidates for the Bengal elections, the party's nominee from Kolkata's Chowringhee assembly constituency has claimed her name was announced without her consent.

The opposition Congress in West Bengal was hit by dissidence as senior Congress leader Sikha Mitra, wife of former state unit chief Somen Mitra, on Monday accused the state leadership of sidelining her and threatened to leave the party.

Hours after the BJP released its second list of candidates for the Bengal elections, the party's nominee from Kolkata's Chowringhee assembly constituency has claimed her name was announced without her consent.

The opposition Congress in West Bengal was hit by dissidence as senior Congress leader Sikha Mitra, wife of former state unit chief Somen Mitra, on Monday accused the state leadership of sidelining her and threatened to leave the party.