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Elections 2019: Mamata Banerjee releases TMC candidates list for WB, 41% are women

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Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Tuesday (March 12) released the list of 42 candidates contesting the Lok Sabha Elections in West Bengal.

While releasing the list, the TMC chief Mamata Banerjee attacked the Centre on hosts of issues including the crunch in employment, Rafale deal, and the agrarian distress.

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”Trinamool Congress will field 40.5% female candidates in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. This is a proud moment for us,” Mamata said, while fielding veteran actresses Moon Moon Sen from Asansol and Satabdi Roy from Birbhum.

She also said that the TMC lawmakers who do not feature in the list of 42 prospective candidates will be drafted for party work and added that TMC will contest on some seats in the states Odisha, Assam, Jharkhand, Bihar and the Andamans, news agency PTI reported.

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