Trinamool Announces Candidates for Bengal Lok Sabha Seats, No Alliance with Congress
The Trinamool Congress's decision to contest all 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal independently has led to tensions with the Congress, which had hoped for a seat-sharing agreement.
- Trinamool Congress announces candidates for all 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, indicating no alliance with Congress for the upcoming elections.
- Congress expresses disappointment, emphasizing its desire for a respectable seat-sharing agreement with Trinamool in West Bengal.
- Former cricketers Yusuf Pathan and Kirti Azad among new faces introduced by Trinamool in its candidate list for the Lok Sabha polls.
- A unique contest emerges in Bengal as a divorced couple, Sujata Mondal and Soumitra Khan, are set to face off in the Lok Sabha election.
- Trinamool drops MP Nusrat Jahan from contesting the Basirhat Lok Sabha seat amid the Sandeshkhali row, fielding Nurul Islam instead.