The Left Front on Monday released the first list of 192 candidates for the West Bengal Assembly elections. This list includes prominent names like outgoing Rajya Sabha MPs Vikas Ranjan Bhattacharya and Meenakshi Mukherjee. Bhattacharya has been made a candidate from Jadavpur seat. At the same time, Meenakshi Mukherjee, considered the young face of the Left Front, will contest from Uttarpara seat.
Meenakshi Mukherjee had contested the 2021 elections from Nandigram seat. In that election, she stood third after Shubhendu and Mamata Banerjee.
CPI(M) fielded Sabina Yasmin
The Left Front has fielded Sabina Yasmin as the Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidate from the Kaliganj seat. She is the mother of six-year-old girl Tamanna, who died in the blast of a crude bomb allegedly thrown from the victory procession on the day of counting of by-elections in June last year. This by-election was won by Trinamool Congress (TMC).
Left Front president Biman Bose said that the names of candidates for the remaining seats will be finalized and announced within the next three to four days. Elections for the 294-seat assembly in the state will be held on April 23 and 29. Whereas the counting of votes will be done on May 4.