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, released under the signature of TPCC president Asish Kumar Saha, names candidates for all wards except 30 and 35, where the party is yet to finalise its nominees.
The announcement comes amid intensified political activity in the state capital, with major parties stepping up preparations for the municipal elections.
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 (8), Dhruba Dhar Roy (9), Sanjib Deb (10), Debjani Rupini Bhattacharjee (11), Rupa Roy Das (12), Chitta Ranjan Majumder (13) and Lipika Rudra Paul (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).
The party has selected Sumita Chakraborty Bhattacharjee for Ward 31, Dr Partha Pratim Datta for Ward 32, Tanmoy Dhar for Ward 33 and Surajit Dhar for Ward 34.
For the remaining wards, the nominees are 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).
The early announcement is expected to provide candidates with additional time to reach out to voters and organise their campaigns, party leaders said.
With candidates announced for 49 wards, the Congress has largely completed its selection process, while consultations are continuing over the remaining two constituencies.
