Nervousness exposed as TMC brings in ex-cricket star from Gujarat and Bihar and also several cine stars. Moreover, Mamata Banerjee has given tickets to as many as 12 sitting MLAs.
CPI-M leader Mohammad Salim says ".... now we may get candidates from Hollywood as well".
Obviously, many new questions and complicated ones will loom large in the voters' mind.
'Fear' has dramatically changed the politics of Mamata Banerjee. Her favourite nephew Abhishek might have scored 'self-goals' by raking up the bogey of 'outsiders charge' against BJP and Narendra Modi.
The self-styled champion of 'Bengal's Benagli card' had to field three outsiders -- Shatrughan Sinha, Kirti Azad and Yusuf Pathan.
'Fear' is crystal clear as populist Mamaata had to field as many as 12 sitting MLAs. Sandeshkhali nervousness also exposed as the sitting Basirhat lawmaker Nusrat Jahan has been replaced !!
Has Trinamool given up battle in at least 15 parliamentary constituencies if not more ??
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Mamata Banerjee has also fielded 12 sitting legislators. Her list include ex cricketers Yusuf Pathan and Kirti Azad and also stars like Shatrughan Sinha, actresses Shatabdi Roy, June Manila, Rachana and also Sayoni Ghosh and actor 'Dev'. She also did not oblige leaders such as Santanu Ghosh, who was denied Rajya Sabha berth.
Tickets have been denied to Arjun Singh (MP from Barackpore) and also vocal spokesman Kunal Ghosh, who was keen for Kolkata Uttar seat. The Mamata-Abhishek duo also surprised many by fielding 'reluctant' Saugata Roy from Dumdum and also veteran lawmaker Sudip Bandyopadhyay.
The BJP likely to win a few seats rather easily. These will be Tamluk and Krishnanagar. Even in constituencies such as Bongaon, TMC candidate Biswajit Das is rather weak.
Mamata fields ex cricketer Yusuf Pathan against Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury of Congress: .... Mahua Moitra again among 42 TMC Lok Sabha candidatesIt's
Trinamool Congress on Sunday announced its 42 Lok Sabha candidates at Kolkata's mega Brigade rally.
Former cricketer Yusuf Pathan has been fielded from the Baharampur constituency which is a longtime stronghold of Congress veteran and a chief Mamata critic Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
(Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury says :: - "...Yusuf Pathan was selected by the TMC in Bengal to ‘polarise' the common man and to help the BJP". )
He said TMC chief Mamata's decision has “proven today that none of the political parties of India should trust a leader like her."
A significant nominee is another ex-cricketer, Kirti Azad. He has been fielded from Bardhaman-Durgapur -- which BJP won last time in 2019 by fielding S S Ahluwalia.
The BJP is likely to replace its candidate from the seat.
Adhir has represented the seat as many as five times. Moreover as expected Bollywood star Shatrughan Sinha who has been fielded from Asansol. He is the sitting MP having won the seat in a by-election after Babul Supriyo moved to the Trinamool. In 2014 and 2019, playback singer Babul had won the seat. In fact, in 2019, noted Bengali and Bollywood actress Moon Moon Sen lost to Babulsupriyo.
Playing it safe, actress Rachana Banerjee will be TMC candidate from Hooghly. from where BJP's Locket Chatterjee had won in 2019. Ms Chatterjee is also an actress from Tollywood.
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A total of 18 women candidates feature in the list.
Here's the complete list:
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. Baharampur - 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 - Saugata Roy
17. Barasat - Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar
18. Basirhat - 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) - Sharmila Sarkar
39. Bardhaman Durgapur - Kirti Azad
40. Asansol - Shatrughan Sinha
41. Bolpur (SC) - Asit Kumar Mal
42. Birbhum - Satabdi Roy
"The Indian National Congress has always maintained that such an agreement has to be finalised through negotiations and not by unilateral announcements. The Indian National Congress has always wanted the INDIA group to fight the BJP together," Congress MP Jairam Ramesh said.
A quick analysis of the Trinamool's list shows the party has shown trust in new faces in the BJP's stronghold in North Bengal. Meanwhile, in south Bengal - which is Mamata Banerjee's strength - her party went with old names.
At today's rally, Mamata Banerjee also announced that her party would contest in Uttar Pradesh, Meghalaya and Assam too in the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.
She said Trinamool Congress talked about one seat in Uttar Pradesh with Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav.
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