Bengal Congress Releases List Of 39 Candidates For Assembly Polls

The Congress on March 20 fielded 39 candidates for the fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth phase of West Bengal Assembly elections. Naming Md Mukhtar for Kolkata Port, Neajuddin SK in Murshidabad and Silvi Saha in Krishnanagar North, the party gave ticket to Ashutosh Chatterjee from Rashbehari constituency. The Congress, in an alliance with left parties, will contest for the 92 seats of the 294-member Assembly elections slated for March 27-April 29.