TMC Give Lok Sabha Ticket To Yousuf Pathan, Mahua To Contest From Krishnanagar

TMC announced 42 candidates list for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. They fielded expelled Lok Sabha MP Mahua Moitra from Krishnanagar. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee’s nephew, Abhishek Banerjee, announced the candidates list at a show of strength rally in Kolkata on Sunday. Abhishek Banerjee will be contesting from Diamond Harbor.

TMC is fielding Team India former cricketer Yusuf Pathan from Behrampore. He will be congesting against Congress heavyweight Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. Mahua was expelled from Lok Sabha on December 8 after the Parliamentary Ethics Panel submitted its report in connection with her alleged ‘cash-for-query’ case.

The TMC announcement also put an end to all lingering hopes of a seat-sharing pact with the Congress. Eventhough, TMC didn’t allied itself with the Congress, the Trinamool continues to be an part of the grand old party-led INDIA bloc. Earlier on Sunday, CM Mamata Banerjee said the TMC will announce the candidates for all 42 seats in West Bengal for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.

“Today, I will bring before you candidates for all the 42 Lok Sabha seats in Bengal,” CM said at a rally at the Brigade Parade Grounds of Kolkata. TMC kicked off the campaign for the forthcoming elections through its show of strength in Kolkata.

In the previous Lok Sabha polls, TMC won 22 seats while the BJP sprung a major surprise by winning 18 seats. The Congress won the two remaining seats. In 2019, the BJP-led NDA won a total of 303 seats, leaving the grand-old party behind at 52 seats.