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West Bengal: Two actresses turned politicians contesting from Medinipur & Jhargram assembly constituencies

<span style="color: #222222;">In the first phase of assembly elections in West Bengal, 30 constituencies spread over five districts will be going for polls on 27th of March.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''Among these, two actresses turned politicians are contesting from Medinipur and Jhargram assembly constituencies.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''AIR correspondent reports, eyes will be on Medinipur seat in the western part of the state where Trinamool Congress has fielded new entrant, Actress June Maliah, who is a popular face of the Bengali film industry.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''Once considered to be a stronghold of CPI, Tarun Kumar Ghosh, son of former MLA Kamakhya Ghosh is the party's candidate while BJP has fielded their former district president Samit Kumar Dash from the seat.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''In Jhargram constituency, actress of Santhali films and daughter of former MLA Chunibala Hansda, Birbaha is contesting on Trinamool Congress's ticket.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"><br />''An old friend from her school life, student leader of CPIM Madhuja Senroy is contesting as her rival this time, while Sukhamoy Satpathy has been fielded by the BJP.</span>

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