Bharati Ghosh  

Considering many of them have a questionable background with serious charges like human trafficking going on at the central bureau of Investigation (CBI) to cases under the explosives act, many wonder how serious is the BJP in bringing 'clean politics' in West Bengal?

While there is no surprise in repeating Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Varanasi, Amit Shah replacing LK Advani in Gandhinagar is significant. Several ministers and sitting MPs have been renominated except in Chhattisgarh. Smriti Irani, who had in 2014 remarkably reduced Rahul Gandhi's victory margin when compared to his 2009 figures, if fighting the Congress president again in Amethi. Read on for the rest of the list.

Speaking to MyNation, Ghosh claimed the Trinamool Congress is all set to lose a chunk of its votes in the upcoming general election, in which Bengal has 42 seats on offer.