New Delhi:
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced a list of Trinamool Congress candidates for all the 42 Lok Sabha seats of the state. While announcing the list, Trinamool chief said that she has decided to field 41 per cent female candidates for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections. “This is a proud moment for us,†she said. Â
The Trinamool has dropped 10 sitting MPs. Banerjee said the outgoing Trinamool lawmakers whose names do not figure in the list will be drafted for party work. The list of candidates includes several Bengali screen celebrities like Mimi Chakraborty and Nusrat Jahan.
West Bengal CM and TMC leader Mamata Banerjee: Trinamool Congress will field 40.5% female candidate in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. This is a proud moment for us. pic.twitter.com/B1B2dBQOzY
— ANI (@ANI) March 12, 2019
Another popular actress Nusrat Jahan has been made the candidate from Basirhat, by dropping sitting MP Idrish Ali. Leading Bengali film hero Dipak Adhikari (Dev) would seek re-election from Ghatal Constituency.
From Howrah, Trinamool has renominated Arjuna awardee and former Indian football captain Prasun Banerjee. The Trinamool, she said, will also contest some seats in Odisha, Assam, Jharkhand, Bihar and the Andamans.
#ElectionsWithNewsNation | @MamataOfficial's AITC announces candidates for 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal. pic.twitter.com/btcwPNZGKv
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She also attacked the BJP and the Modi government, claiming she had information that ‘VVIPs’ were using helicopters and chartered flights to transport money to bribe voters.
The West Bengal chief minister assailed the Centre over a host of issues including the Rafale deal, farm distress and shrinking employment opportunities.
Here is the list of all candidates and their constituencies:
1. Paresh Chandra Adhikari from Cooch Behar
2. Dasrath Tirkey from Alipurduars
3. Bijoy Chandra Barman from Jalpaiguri
4. Amar Singh Rai from Darjeeling
5. Kanaia Lal Agarwal from Raiganj
6. Arpita Ghosh from Balurghat
7. Mausam Noor from Maldaha Uttar
8. Dr. Moazzem Hossain from Maldaha Dakshin
9. Khalilur Rehman from Jangirpur
10. Apurba Sarkar from Baharampur
11. Abu Taher Khan from Murshidabad
12. Maua Moitra from Krishnanagar
13. Rupali Biswas from Ranaghat
14. Mamata Bala Thakur from Bangaon
15. Dinesh Trivedi from Barrackpur
16. Sougata Roy from Dum Dum
17. Dr. Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar from Barasat
18. Nusrat Jahan from Basirhat
19. Pratima Mondal from Jaynagar
20. Choudhury Mohan Jatua from Mathurapur
21. Abhishek Banerjee from Diamond Harbour
22. Mimi Chakraborty from Jadavpur
23. Mala Roy from Kolkata Dakshin
24. Sudip Bandyopadhyay from Kolkata Uttar
25. Pasun Banerjee from Howrah
26. Sajda Ahmed from Uluberia
27. Kalyan Banerjee from Sreerampur
28. Dr. Ratna De Nag from Hoogly
29. Aparupa Poddar from Arambag
30. Dibyendu Adhikari from Tamluk
31. Sisir Adhikari from Kanthi
32. Deepak Adhikari from Ghatal
33. Beerbaha Soren from Jhargram
34. Dr. Manas Bhunia from Medinipur
35. Dr. Mriganka Mahato from Purulia
36. Subrata Mukherjee from Bankura
37. Shyamal Santra from Bishnupur
38. Sunil Kumar Mondal from Bardhaman Purba
39. Mamataz Sanghamita from Bardhaman Durgapur
40. Sreemati Dev Varma (Moon Moon Sen) from Asansol
41. Asit Kumar Mal from Bolpur
42. Satabdi Roy from BirbhumÂ
