The BJP has chosen Rekha Patra, who led the protests against suspended Trinamool Congress leader Sheikh Shahjahan in Sandeshkhali, as the party's candidate. She is pitted against TMC's Haji Nurul Islam and CPIM's Nirapada Sardar.
"Today he (Nirapada Sardar) was granted interim bail by the Honourable Division bench primarily on the ground that while the FIR was lodged on February 9, the complaint relating to which the FIR was made was registered on February 10...This shows how grossly the police authorities have acted