Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Sunday announced its list of 42 candidates fielded by the party in Bengal for the upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The announcement was made during the mega “Jana-Gorjan” (People’s Roar) rally held by the party at the historic Brigade ground of West Bengal.
Two former cricketers, Kirti Azad and Yusuf Pathan have made it into the list of candidates. While Kirti Azad, who was a part of India’s 1983 World Cup-winning Indian cricket team, will contest from Bardhaman-Durgapur, Yusuf Pathan has been fielded as a candidate for the Congress bastion of Bardhaman.
Bollywood veteran and Asansol MP Shatrughan Sinha will contest from his own constituency. Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra who was expelled from the Parliament is set to contest from her usual Krishnanagar seat. Abhishek Banerjee is once again set to compete from his usual Diamond Harbour seat.
Several Tollywood actors have also made it to the list of nominations released by Trinamool Congress. Actor Dev has been fielded from his usual Ghatal constituency, Rachana Banerjee has been given the Hoogly seat and Sayani Ghosh will fight from the Jadavpur seat.
Leaders of the ruling party hit out at BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the MNREGA funds. Moreover, issues such as the “Khalistani” remark allegedly passed by Suvendu Adhikari and the Prime Minister’s alleged apathy towards the Manipur issue were raked up.
Here’s the full list of candidates released by Trinamool Congress:
1. Cooch Behar (SC) - Jagadish C Basuniya
2. Alipurduar (ST) - Prakash Chik Baraik
3. Jalpaiguri (SC) - Nirmal Ch Roy
4. Darjeeling - Gopal Lama
5. Raiganj - Krishna Kalyani
6. Balurghat - Biplab Mitra
7. Malda Uttar - Prasun Banerjee
8. Malda Dakshin - Shahnawaz Ali Raihan
9. Jangipur - Khalilur Rahman
10. Berhampore - Yusuf Pathan
11. Murshidabad - Abu Taher Khan
12. Krishnanagar - Mahua Moitra
13. Ranaghat (SC) - Mukut Mani Adhikari
14. Bongaon - Biswajit Das
15. Barrackpore - Partha Bhowmick
16. Dum Dum - Prof Saugata Roy
17. Barasat - Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar
18. Basirhat - Haji Nurul Islam
19. Joynagar (SC) - Pratima Mondal
20. Mathurapur (SC) - Bapi Halder
21. Diamond Harbour - Abhishek Banerjee
22. Jadavpur - Saayoni Ghosh
23. Kolkata Dakshin - Mala Roy
24. Kolkata Uttar - Sudip Bandhopadhyay
25. Howrah - Prasun Banerjee
26. Uluberia - Sajda Ahmed
27. Serampore - Kalyan Banerjee
28. Hooghly - Rachana Banerjee
29. Arambagh (SC) - Mitali Bag
30. Tamluk - Debangshu Bhattacharya
31. Kanthi - Uttam Barik
32. Ghatal - Deepak Adhikari (Dev)
33. Jhargram (ST) - Kalipada Soren
34. Medinipur - June Malia
35. Purulia - Shantiram Mahato
36. Bankura - Arup Chakrabarty
37. Bishnupur (SC) - Sujata Mondal
38. Bardhaman Purba (SC) - Dr Sharmila Sarkar
39. Bardhaman Durgapur - Kirti Azad
40. Asansol - Shatrughan Sinha
41. Bolpur (SC) - Asit Kumar Mal
42. Birbhum - Satabdi Roy
