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Kolkata: On Sunday, in West Bengal for the Lok Sabha elections 2024, the Congress released another list with three candidates. The party fielded Pradip Biswas from Bangaon, Azahar Mollik from Uluberia and Papiya Chakraborty from Ghatal.
With Sunday’s list, the Congress so far announced the names of 13 candidates for the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal. Among them, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, a five-time MP, has been renominated from Behrampore.
Other candidates include Ali Imran Ramz from Raiganj, Mostaque Alam from Maldah Uttar, Isha Khan Choudhary from Maldah Dakshin. Murtoja Hussain from Jangipur, Pradip Bhattacharya from Kolkata Uttar, Nepal Mahato from Purulia, Milton Rashid from Birbhum, Priya Roy Chowdhury from Cooch Behar, and Munish Tamang from Darjeeling.
The Congress has released 13 lists for the general elections so far. The party also named its candidate for the by-election to the Bhagabangola assembly constituency in Murshidabad district. Congress has fielded Anju Begum from Bhagabangola.
The first list was announced on March 8 and had 39 names. The grand old party released its second list on March 12 which featured names of 43 candidates. Elections to the 42 Lok Sabha seats in the state will be held in seven phases on April 19, 26, May 7, 13, 20, 25 and June 1. By-elections to two assembly constituencies will be held on May 7 (Bhagawangola) and June 1 (Baranagar).
