The West Bengal BJP released a list of 13 candidates, likely to be the party’s final list, on Tuesday, 23 March. The list excluded the actor-politician Mithun Chakraborty, who joined the

Bharatiya Janata Party at a highly-publicised event earlier this month. The BJP fielded Lieutenant General Subrata Saha from Rashbehari, a seat which, according to earlier party sources, was

being reserved for Chakraborty, NDTV reported. He had also delivered a new election line in Rashbehari: "I am not a harmless water snake or a harmless desert snake. I am a pure cobra.

With one strike, I will turn you into a photograph," NDTV quoted. The actor had shared the stage with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the BJP's mega Brigade Parade Ground rally in