Nusrat Jahan has failed to secure a ticket

Mahua Moitra will once again be contesting from Krishnanagar

Congress has always wanted the INDIA group to fight the BJP together: Jairam

The Chief Minister of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee announced candidates on all 42 seats in West Bengal. Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Mahua Moitra who was recently expelled from the Lok Sabha will once again be contesting from the Krishnanagar constituency after having secured a victory in 2019. Ruling Member of Parliament (MP) from Basirhat wherein the Sandeshkhali village lies Nusrat Jahan has however failed to secure a ticket. Former all-rounder Yusuf Pathan will be contesting from Baharampur wherein the West Bengal State Congress President Adhir Ranjan Choudhary  secured victory in 2019. 

The Indian National Congress (INC) has expressed disappointment at this development. “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. As far as we are concerned, we want to strengthen the INDIA bloc in West Bengal. Mamata Banerjee ji repeatedly said she is with the alliance and she wants to defeat the BJP in West Bengal. But now they have announced all the names. I don’t know what pressure they had. Let’s see what happens,” General Secretary of INC Jairam Ramesh 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…

— Jairam Ramesh (@Jairam_Ramesh) March 10, 2024