India, Dec. 24 -- Nisha Chatterjee on Tuesday was dropped as the Janata Unnayan Party (JUP) candidate from Ballygunge for the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections, with party founder Humayun Kabir citing her social media photos and videos as not going well with the party's image.

Kabir, who was suspended earlier this month by the Trinamool Congress over his plan to build a Babri-style mosque in Murshidabad, had launched the Janata Unnayan Party just a day earlier and announced candidates for eight seats, including Ballygunge in south Kolkata.

"I have seen some of Nisha's photos and reels on social media, and after seeing those, I feel she should not be the candidate of our party. It will send a wrong message to the people. I have every r...