The Congress has announced its list of 284 candidates for the two-phase polls to the 294-member West Bengal assembly, fielding former state president Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury and former Lok Sabha member Mausam Benazir Noor.
The list released by All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary K C Venugopal in Delhi named 39 women, 68 Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates and 16 Scheduled Tribe (ST) nominees.
Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, who won Murshidabad district’s Berhampore Lok Sabha seat five times since 1999, has been fielded from Berhampore assembly segment, which falls under his old Lok Sabha seat.
Mausam Benazir Noor, who won the Malda North Lok Sabha seat on a Congress ticket in 2009 and 2014, will contest from Malatipur in Malda district.
Rohan Mitra, son of late Congress leader Somen Mitra, one of the longest-serving state presidents, will contest from Ballygunge in south Kolkata.
