Who is Amrita Roy, BJP’s Krishnanagar candidate against TMC’s Mahua Moitra?

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has fielded ‘Rajmata’ (Queen Mother) Amrita Roy from the Krishnanagar seat in West Bengal to take on Trinamool Congress leader (TMC) Mahua Moitra. Roy’s name was mentioned in the BJP’s fifth list of 111 candidates released on Sunday.
Moitra’s challenger was announced days after she took a swipe at the saffron party for not naming its Krishnangar candidate – the seat that has been TMC’s stronghold since 2009.
Moitra, who was expelled from the Lok Sabha for “unethical conduct” last year, won the Krishnanagar seat in the 2019 Lok Saha election after Mamata Banerjee denied a ticket to Tapas Paul.
The BJP named 19 Lok Sabha candidates from West Bengal in its fifth list, taking the total number of nominees from the state to 38 so far. Notably, the state sends 42 MPs to the Lok Sabha.