Bengal Assembly election 2021: Decoding Trinamool’s list of candidates

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress Friday announced its list of candidates on 294 Assembly seats in the state.

In electoral politics, the selection of candidates happens to be the most crucial part. An election campaign is surrounded by a variety of ideologies and concerns, but in the end, it is the candidates that matter. Who is the most popular, who is an anti-incumbent, and who is representing which community, caste, creed, and religion everything about a candidate matters. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress announced its list of candidates on 294 Assembly seats in the state. This nomination is intriguing, and it represents a significant amount of study that went into selecting a nominee this time. For the first time in Bengal’s history, Mamata Banerjee conducted micro-level research with the support of Prashant Kishore's team. So, what has been her main priority when compiling the list: first and foremost, she has not nominated anybody in whom she has even the slightest doubt about their future loyalty; predicting the future and predicting people's behaviour in light of Mamata Banerjee's recent experiences is a difficult job what with close aides like Suvendu Adhikari leaving the party to join the BJP.