Mamata to contest from Nandigram, announces TMC candidates for 291 seats

Mamata to contest from Nandigram, announces TMC candidates for 291 seats

The Hindu

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced candidates for 291 of the 294 Assembly seats in the State. The Bimal Gurung faction of the Gorkha Janmukti Morcha will announce names for remaining three seats of the Darjeeling hills. The Trinamool Congress chairperson said she would contest from the Nandigram Assembly constituency of Purba Medinipur district. “I will contest from Nandigram, I had given my word and will stick to it,” she said. She made it clear that she would not contest Kolkata’s Bhawanipur seat, which she had represented for the past two terms.
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