With this development, speculations are ripe in the BJP's West Bengal unit about his possible candidature in Assembly elections. The party is yet to name candidates in 25 of the total 294 Assembly seats. Of these seats, two are in Kolkata - Kashipur-Belgachhia, and Chowringhee. Incidentally, the BJP faced a major embarrassment when candidates, the party named for Kashipur-Belgachhia and Chowringhee, refused to contest, saying they had not joined the BJP and that the party did not consult them before naming them as candidates.