News headlines for March 5, 2021: Contest for power in West Bengal heated up with CM Mamata Banerjee releasing the list of TMC candidates for the upcoming Assembly Elections.
Mamata Banerjee announced TMC’s list of candidates for the 2021 Bengal elections. (PTI)
West Bengal CM and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee announced the TMC candidates list of 291 names for the 2021 Bengal elections and confirmed that she will be contesting the election from Nandigram.
In the list of 291 candidates, Trinamool Congress has
dropped over 20 sitting MLAs and top ministers, including
Partha Chattopadhyay and Amit Mitra. Many others aged above 80 years have also been dropped from the TMC list.
Former Kolkata Mayor
Sovan Chatterjee s estranged wife Ratna Chatterjee has been fielded from Behala Purba, which is his seat. Sovan Chatterjee also joined the BJP after a series of scandals surrounding his personal life.