The BJP plans to release the list of candidates soon after the election schedule is announced. (File Photo)

With the Puja over and the municipal polls in Kolkata and Howrah approaching, the BJP has started to collect names for its candidates and has asked interested people, including prominent personalities, to submit their applications through drop-boxes, postal mail as well as emails by October 26, 5 pm.

Addressing a press conference in Kolkata on Saturday, Union Minister Sukanta Majumdar, who is the party’s in-charge for the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) polls, said, “The last date for interested candidates is October 26, 5 pm. After that, no applications will be entertained. All who wish to contest in the upcoming municipal elections, send in your application by October 26.”

“BJP workers will get priority, but that does not mean others cannot contest.…