TMC to field over 40% female candidates for LS elections

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced the list of TMC candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha election. She said that Moon Moon Sen will be their candidate from Asanasol and Satabdi Roy from Birbhum

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee

Published : Mar 12, 2019, 4:43 PM IST

Kolkata: West Bengal chief minister and TMC leader Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday announced a list of TMC candidates for all the 42 Lok Sabha seats of the state, dropping 10 sitting MPs. She also announced that the party will field 40.5% female candidates this time.

Calling it a moment to be proud of, she announced that Moon Moon Sen will be their candidate from Asanasol and Satabdi Roy from Birbhum.

She added that the party will also contest seats in Odisha, Assam, Jharkhand, Bihar and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Releasing the list, the West Bengal leader assailed the Centre over a host of issues including the Rafale deal, farm distress and shrinking employment opportunities.

Banerjeesaid the outgoing TMC lawmakers whose names do not figure in the list will be drafted for party work.

Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal will begin on April 11 and polling would be held over seven phases through May 19, the Election Commission announced on Sunday.

The Trinamool Congress, the BJP, the CPI(M)-led Left Front and the Congress will vie for 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

Also read:Modi regime planning another strike in April, claims Mamata

Calling it a moment to be proud of, she announced that Moon Moon Sen will be their candidate from Asanasol and Satabdi Roy from Birbhum.

She added that the party will also contest seats in Odisha, Assam, Jharkhand, Bihar and Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Releasing the list, the West Bengal leader assailed the Centre over a host of issues including the Rafale deal, farm distress and shrinking employment opportunities.

Banerjeesaid the outgoing TMC lawmakers whose names do not figure in the list will be drafted for party work.

Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal will begin on April 11 and polling would be held over seven phases through May 19, the Election Commission announced on Sunday.

The Trinamool Congress, the BJP, the CPI(M)-led Left Front and the Congress will vie for 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

Also read:Modi regime planning another strike in April, claims Mamata

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No sacrifice too great to defeat RSS-BJP ideology of hatred: Rahul
Ahmedabad, Mar 12 (PTI) Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday said no sacrifice was too great to defeat the RSS and BJP ideology of "fascism, hatred, anger and divisiveness".
Speaking at the crucial Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting at the Sardar Patel National Memorial here, he underlined the Congress party's resolve to fight the forces of hatred.
"On the anniversary of Gandhi Ji's historic Dandi March, the Congress Working Committee in Ahmedabad, resolved to defeat the RSS/ BJP ideology of fascism, hatred, anger & divisiveness. No sacrifice is too great in this endeavour; no effort too little; this battle will be won," Gandhi tweeted on the occasion.
Led by president Rahul Gandhi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, the party's top leadership started discussions on key poll issues at the CWC meeting.
The party started the day by paying rich tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at the Sabarmati Ashram here.
The day also marks the anniversary of the historic Dandi March, started by Mahatma Gandhi from Sabarmati Ashram on March 12, 1930.
It is also the first official meeting of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, who was appointed as Congress general secretary in-charge of western Uttar Pradesh recently.
Sources said the CWC is likely to authorise the party president to finalise alliances in key states with other
like-minded parties in order to defeat the BJP 'unitedly'.
They said the party was also likely to discuss the issue of national security and pass a resolution condemning terrorism of any kind.
The day-long meeting of the Congress Working Committee--the highest decision making body of the party-- assumes significance as it comes barely two days after the declaration of the poll schedule.
The meeting is being held in Gujarat after a gap of 58 years. It was last held in the state at Bhavnagar in 1961.
The top Congress leadership led by Rahul Gandhi, Sonia Gandhi, former prime minister Manmohan Singh and other senior leaders will also discuss ways to corner Modi and his government on issues of governance, agrarian and economic crisis, unemployment and lack of job creation, national security and women's safety.
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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced the list of TMC candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha election. She said that Moon Moon Sen will be their candidate from Asanasol and Satabdi Roy from Birbhum

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