Abhishek Banerjee introduced the names of the candidates within the presence of CM Mamata Banerjee on the rally. (File Image: PTI)
TMC MP Mahua Moitra will contest the polls from the Krishnanagar constituency, whereas Partha Bhowmick has been fielded from Barrackpore
Trinamool Congress on Sunday introduced its record of 42 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. In a shock transfer, the social gathering fielded former cricketer Yusuf Pathan from Berhampore and introduced in 26 new faces to contest within the polls.
TMC basic secretary Abhishek Banerjee made the announcement on the ‘Jana Garjan Sabha’ rally at Kolkata’s Brigade Parade Ground. This was the primary time that the social gathering introduced a candidates record from a public assembly in a single go.
TMC MP Mahua Moitra will contest the polls from the Krishnanagar constituency, whereas Partha Bhowmick has been fielded from Barrackpore.
Notably, the Mamata Banerjee-led social gathering has made a powerful transfer by fielding Yusuf Pathan towards Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury.
Though earlier, Congress was hopeful of reaching a seat-sharing settlement with the TMC in Bengal, it has now been made clear that the later would go solo within the polls. Soon after the record’s launch, the grand outdated social gathering’s spokesperson Jairam Ramesh took to X and stated, “The Indian National Congress has repeatedly declared its desire to have a respectable seat-sharing agreement with the TMC in West Bengal.”
“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,” Ramesh added.
Earlier, addressing the mega rally Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee saluted Arun Goel for resigning as Election Commissioner and for not ‘submitting to pressure from Delhi’. She additionally slammed the Centre for Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and stated, “It is not CAA, it is BAA, they will send you to Bangladesh. We will not allow NRC.”
TMC basic secretary Abhishek Banerjee additionally hit out on the Bharatiya Janata Party and labelled its leaders as “outsiders and anti-Bengal”. Launching a scathing assault on the Centre, Mamata’s nephew stated that “Modi ki guarantee has zero warranty”, whereas the TMC and its supremo at all times maintain the guarantees made to the general public.
He slammed the BJP and its leaders for withholding funds that are because of be given to the state of Bengal.
The announcement comes amid the political unrest within the state over the Sandeshkhali incident and the probe towards suspended TMC chief Sheikh Shajahan.
The assembly on the historic parade is a marker of the beginning of TMC’s official marketing campaign for the Lok Sabha polls. Led by CM Mamata Banerjee and TMC basic secretary Abhishek Banerjee, round 600 social gathering leaders had been current on the dias.
While it obtained heavy flak over Sandheskhali controversy, the TMC is seeking to armour itself with the unpaid MGNREGA wages towards the BJP-led Centre.
The Mamata Banerjee-led social gathering has additionally fashioned a media conflict room forward of the final elections with 40 audio system for fast rebuttals and media soundbites on numerous points every day.
