Agartala, Nov 4: The Tripura Pradesh Congress on Wednesday announced its candidates for 49 of the 51 wards ahead of the upcoming municipal elections in Tripura. Addressing a press conference at the Conference Bhavan in Agartala, Pradesh Congress President Ashish Kumar Saha released the list at a press conference held at Congress Bhavan in Agartala in the presence of MLA Sudip Roy Barman.
The party has kept Ward Nos. 30 and 35 vacant, with the names of candidates for these two wards to be announced in the coming days.
The candidates announced by the party include Joyanta Majumdar (Ward 1), Sumasi (Ward 2), Joydhan Sarkar (Ward 3), Gouri Majumdar (Ward 4), Panna Deb (Ward 5), Dulal Sarkar (Ward 6), Karuna Das (Ward 7), Piyashi Ghosh (Ward 8), Dhubal Dhar Roy (Ward 9) and Sanjib Deb (Ward 10).
Other candidates include Devjani Royini Bhattacharya (Ward 11), Rupa Roy Das (Ward 12), Chittaranjan Majumdar (Ward 13), Dipika Rudra Pal (Ward 14), Swapan Kumar Bhowmik (Ward 15), Binoy Bhusan Bhattacharya (Ward 16), Anamika Dey Das (Ward 17), Sourav Bhattacharya (Ward 18), Sampari Deb Barman (Ward 19) and advocate Mriganka Bhattacharya (Ward 20).
The remaining candidates are Pranab Chowdhury (Ward 21), Sanjib Debbarma (Ward 22), Smriti Kana Ghosh (Ward 23), Prosenjit Singh (Ward 24), Ratna Barman Paul (Ward 25), Bablu Das (Ward 26), Raton Barman (Ward 27), Praneesh Bhattacharya (Ward 28), Shibani Das (Ward 29), Sumita Chakraborty Bhattacharya (Ward 31), Dr Taktamurti Datta (Ward 32), Tanmoy Dhar (Ward 33), Surojit Dhar (Ward 34), Tarslima Khatun (Ward 36), Bijoy Sarkar (Ward 37), Jharna Das (Ward 38), Siddhartha Das (Ward 39), Subhadra Chakraborty (Ward 40), Probashi Das Mondal (Ward 41), Protima Debnath (Ward 42), Rathi Sarkar Saha (Ward 43), Salpa Majumdar Das (Ward 44), Anamika Acharya Chakraborty (Ward 45), Dilip Paul (Ward 46), Chandan Biswas (Ward 47), Ratna Das (Ward 48), Soma Das (Ward 49), Swapan Das (Ward 50) and Joydeb Ghosh (Ward 51).
The announcement marks a key step in the Congress’s preparations for the municipal elections, with the party expected to complete its candidate selection for all 51 wards after declaring the remaining two names.
