Bankim Chandra Ghosh is an Indian politician from the

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. In May 2021, he was elected as a member of the

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from Chakdaha (constituency). He defeated Subhankar Singha of

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by 11,680 votes in 2021 West Bengal Assembly election. In 2019, he joined the

after the

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after resigning from the

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