City
Epaper

Congress announces candidates for three more LS constituencies in Bengal

By IANS | Updated: April 7, 2024 17:00 IST

Kolkata, April 7 The Congress on Sunday announced candidates for three more Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal ...

Open in App

Kolkata, April 7 The Congress on Sunday announced candidates for three more Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal - Bangaon-SC, Uluberia, and Ghatal.

The Congress’s decision to field Dr Papiya Chakraborty from Ghatal, in West Midnapore, means that no seat-sharing agreement for the constituency has been reached with the Left Front, which has already fielded Tapan Gangly as its candidate.

Both the BJP and the Trinamool Congress have fielded actors-turned-politicians from Ghatal. While Trinamool Congress has re-nominated its sitting MP Deepak Adhikari aka Dev, the BJP’s bet is Hiran Chatterjee, currently the party legislator from the Kharagpur-Sadar assembly constituency in the district.

The Congress has announced the name of Azahar Mollick as the party candidate from Uluberia, in Howrah district, and the name of Pradip Biswas from Bangaon-SC, in North 24 Parganas district.

The Left Front has not announced any candidate from any of these two constituencies, as yet.

The Congress has announced Anju Begum from the Bhagabangola Assembly constituency in Murshidabad district which is going for by-elections alongside the Lok Sabha polls. The by-poll was necessitated following the sudden demise of sitting Trinamool legislator Idris Ali recently.

Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

Open in App

Related Stories

PoliticsKeralam polls: V Sivankutty, Mohanlal among early voters in Thiruvananthapuram

Other SportsSansad Khel Mahotsav to kick off in Mahabubnagar from today, over 3,000 teams to participate

PoliticsBJP's big promise: 'Bikosito Paschim Banga Sankalp Patra' to release on April 10

InternationalEast Providence Fire: Several Injured in Explosion at Aspen Aerogels Manufacturing Plant in Rhode Island

EntertainmentAnanya Panday strikes a pose with Shah Rukh Khan’s little boy AbRam

National Realted Stories

NationalPolling begins smoothly in Puducherry for 30 seats

NationalPolling begins across Kerala amid high voter turnout expectations

NationalPuducherry to vote today for 30 seats to elect new assembly

NationalKeralam to vote today: Over 2.6 cr voters to decide fate of 883 candidates

NationalCCEA approves investment for development of 1720 MW Kamala Hydroelectric project in Arunachal