Agartala, Nov 4: The Tripura Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) has announced candidates for 49 of the 51 wards of the Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC) ahead of the upcoming civic elections, leaving two constituencies undecided.
The list, issued under the signature of TPCC president Asish Kumar Saha, does not include candidates for Wards 30 and 35, where the party is yet to finalise its nominees.
The announcement comes as political parties step up preparations for the municipal elections in the state capital.
According to the list, the Congress has nominated Jayanta Majumder from Ward 1, Soma Shil from Ward 2, Joydhan Sarkar from Ward 3, Gouri Majumder from Ward 4 and Panna Deb from Ward 5. Dulal Sarkar and Karuna Das will contest from Wards 6 and 7, respectively.
The party has fielded Piyashi Ghosh from Ward 8, Dhruba Dhar Roy from Ward 9, Sanjib Deb from Ward 10, Debjani Rupini Bhattacharjee from Ward 11, Rupa Roy Das from Ward 12, Chitta Ranjan Majumder from Ward 13 and Lipika Rudra Paul from Ward 14.
Swapan Kumar Bhowmik, Binoy Bhushan Bhattacharjee, Ananmika Dey Das, Sourabh Bhattacharjee and Sampari Debbarma have been nominated from Wards 15 to 19, while advocate Mridula Bhattacharjee will contest from Ward 20.
Other nominees include Pranab Chowdhury (21), Sanjib Debbarma (22), Smriti Kana Ghosh (23), Prasanjit Singh (24), Ratna Barman Paul (25), Babul Das (26), Ratan Barman (27), Pranesh Bhattacharjee (28) and Shibani Das (29).
For Wards 31 to 34, the candidates are Sumita Chakraborty Bhattacharjee, Dr Partha Pratim Datta, Tanmoy Dhar and Surajit Dhar, respectively.
The party has also nominated Tachlima Khatun (36), Bijoy Sarkar (37), Jharna Das (38), Siddhartha Das (39), Subhadra Chakraborty (40), Prabashi Das Mondal (41), Pratima Debnath (42), Rakhi Sarkar Saha (43), Salpa Majumder (Das) (44), Anamika Acharjee Chakraborty (45), Dilip Paul (46), Chandan Biswas (47), Ratna Das (48), Soma Das (49), Swapan Das (50) and Joydeb Ghosh (51).
With candidates announced for 49 wards, the Congress has completed most of its selection process, while consultations are continuing to finalise nominees for the remaining two constituencies.
