<p> BJP today declared Chandra Kumar Bose, grandnephew of Subhash Chandra Bose, its candidate against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Bhawanipur constituency in the upcoming Assembly elections.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Chandra Kumar Bose will be BJP's candidate against Mamata Banerjee," Union Minister Smriti Irani told a press conference here.<br /><br />BJP is trying hard to make its presence felt in the state where it had drawn a blank in the Assembly polls and the party believes that a high-pitched battle against the TMC chief could be of help.<br /><br />Bose said the change for which people had voted TMC to power in 2011 had not come and only BJP was capable of bringing it.<br /><br />Asked about his chances, Bose said it was not about him, but about the people of West Bengal.<br /><br />Elections in West Bengal, which has 294 seats, will be held in six phases, on April 4 and 11 (under Phase-I), 17, 21, 25, 30 and May 5. The two-stage first phase in West Bengal covers Left-Wing Extremism-affected areas. <br /></p>
<p> BJP today declared Chandra Kumar Bose, grandnephew of Subhash Chandra Bose, its candidate against West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee in Bhawanipur constituency in the upcoming Assembly elections.<br /><br /></p>.<p>"Chandra Kumar Bose will be BJP's candidate against Mamata Banerjee," Union Minister Smriti Irani told a press conference here.<br /><br />BJP is trying hard to make its presence felt in the state where it had drawn a blank in the Assembly polls and the party believes that a high-pitched battle against the TMC chief could be of help.<br /><br />Bose said the change for which people had voted TMC to power in 2011 had not come and only BJP was capable of bringing it.<br /><br />Asked about his chances, Bose said it was not about him, but about the people of West Bengal.<br /><br />Elections in West Bengal, which has 294 seats, will be held in six phases, on April 4 and 11 (under Phase-I), 17, 21, 25, 30 and May 5. The two-stage first phase in West Bengal covers Left-Wing Extremism-affected areas. <br /></p>