The CPI(M)-led Left Front on Monday released its first list of 192 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal. The list reflects a mix of old and new faces. Among the prominent names were Sabina Yasmin, the mother of a nine-year-old girl who had died in a bomb blast during Kaliganj Assembly bypoll last year; CPI(M) central committee member Minakshi Mukherjee, Students’ Federation of India (SFI) national general secretary Mayukh Biswas and former Rajya Sabha member Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya among others.
Releasing the list at CPI(M) headquarters at Alimuddin Street in Kolkata, Left Front chairman Biman Bose stated that the candidates for the second list will be finalised and released in the next few days.
Here’s the full list of 192 candiates announced so far