West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced the party’s Lok Sabha list of 42 candidates during a mega public rally at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade grounds on March 10.
Former cricketer Yusuf Pathan and party leader Mahua Moitra are among the candidates. Pathan will contest from Berhampore which is currently represented by Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. Expelled Lok Sabha MP Moitra will contest from Krishnanagar.
Among some of the prominent names, Bengali film actor Dipak Adhikary will contest from his usual constituency Ghatal, former cricketer Kirti Azad from Bardhaman-Durgapur, and Bollywood veteran Shatrughan Sinha will contest from Asansol.
The party renominated 16 sitting MPs and fielded 12 women.
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Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee led the parade of candidates in Kolkata.
Addressing the "Jana Garjan Sabha" rally, Trinamool leader Abhishek Banerjee alleged that BJP is "anti-Bengal". Banerjee will be contesting from the Diamond Harbour constituency.
Sitting MP and actor Nusrat Jahan from Basirhat (the constituency of Sandeshkhali) was dropped from the list. Haji Nurul Islam will be contesting from the seat.
Actor Saayoni Ghosh will be contesting from the Jadavpur constituency following actor Mimi Chankraborty's announcement that she wanted to quit politics.
Here's the full list of 42 candidates:
Cooch Behar – Jagdish Chandra Basunia
Alipurduar – Prakash Chik Baraik (Rajya Sabha member)
Jalpaiguri – Nirmal Chandra Rai (MLA)
Darjeeling – Gopal Lama
Raiganj – Krishna Kalyani
Balurghat – Biplab Mitra (minister)
Malda North – Prasun Banerjee (former IPS officer)
Malda South – Shanawaz Ali Rehman
Jangipur – Khalilur Rehman
Baharampur – Yusuf Pathan (Former Indian cricketer)
Murshidabad – Abu Taher Khan
Krishnanagar - Mahua Moitra
Ranaghat – Mukut Mani Adhikari (BJP MLA)
Bangaon - Biswajit das
Barrackpore – Partha Bhowmick (minister)
Dum Dum – Saugata Roy (MP)
Barasat - Kakali Ghosh Dastidar (MP)
Basirhat – Haji Nurul Islam
Joynagar – Pratima Mondal
Mathurapur – Bapi Haldar
Diamond Harbour – Abhishek Banerjee
Jadavpur- Saayoni Ghosh (youth TMC president)
Kolkata South – Mala Roy (MP)
Kolkata North – Sudip Bandopadhyay (MP)
Howrah- Prasun Banerjee (MP)
Uluberia- Sajda Ahmed
Srirampur – Kalyan Banerjee (MP)
Hooghly- Rachana Banerjee (Actor)
Arambagh- Mitali Bagh
Tamluk – Debangshu Bhattacharya
Kanthi – Uttam Barik
Ghatal – Dipak Adhikari (MP)
Jhargram – Kalipada Soren
Medinipur – June Maliah (MLA)
Purulia – Shantiram Mahato
Bankura – Arup Chakraborty (MLA)
Bishnupur – Sujata Mondal Khan (incumbent BJP MP's ex-wife)
Burdwan – Dr Sharmila Sarkar
Burdwan-Durgapur- Kirti Azad (ex-cricketer)
Asansol – Shatrughan Sinha (MP)
Bolur – Asit Mal (MP)
Birbhum – Shatabdi Roy (MP)
The CM said the Trinamool Congress will contest Lok Sabha elections alone in all 42 seats in the state.
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