The campaigning for the seventh and eighth phases of assembly elections in West Bengal has gained momentum.  In the seventh phase polls, 36 seats will go to the polls on April 26 and in the eighth and final phase, 35 constituencies will go to the polls on April 29th. The counting of votes will take place on May 2nd. <br />'' <br />''Union Home Minister Amit Shah, State BJP President Dilip Ghosh, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari campaigned for the BJP candidates today. West Bengal Chief Minister Mamatha Banerjee addressed public rallies in Asansol Uttar and Barbani, Dakshin Dinajpur.<br />'' <br />''Close contest is expected in four constituencies of Kolkata Dakshin among the heavyweight candidates. Our Kolkata correspondent has filed a report on one of the key constituencies Bhabanipur where 9 candidates are in the fray. These candidates include Sovandeb Chattopadhyay of the AITC, Rudranil Ghosh of the BJP and Mohammad Shadab Khan of the Congress for Sanjukta Morcha.<br />''<br />''<br />''AIR Correspondent reports, considered to be one of the posh areas of Bonedi Kolkata, Bhabanipur is witnessing a different contest this time. Chief Minister and Trinamool Supremo Mamata Banerjee has left her winning seat for veteran trade union leader of the party, senior minister of the state Sovandeb Chattopadhyay. A local resident of the area since decades, former boxer Sovandeb, is the sitting MLA of adjacent Rashbehari constituency. Amicable nature and the clean image of the senior leader is a relief for the ruling party as the opposition is targeting the TMC for being involved in corruption, tolabaji and syndicate raj. <br />'' <br />''Actor Rudranil Ghosh, who joined the BJP from Trinamool Congress is contesting for the seat on BJP's ticket. Star campaigners of the Bharatiya Janata Party like Amit Shah and JP Nadda had campaigned for him in the area. Home Minister Amit Shah also participated in door to door campaigning in West Bengal for the first time in favour of Rudranil Ghosh.<br />'' <br />''In 2016 assembly polls, Mamata Banerjee had won the seat by a margin of over 26 thousand votes but in 2019 Loksabha elections, BJP was leading in at least six, out of eight wards of the KMC area of the constituency. Mostly Non Bengali voters shifted to BJP which poses a challenge for the ruling party even this time. Over two lakh voters of Bhabanipur where Mamata Banerjee herself is an elector will decide on 26th April whether the slogan of TMC's "Bangla nijer meyekei chaay" will work, or BJP can go ahead with their motto of building Sonar Bangla.