West bengal municipal election 2022 candidates list|west bengal municipal election 2022 tmc candidate list|west bengal municipal election 2022 tmc candidate list|tmc municipality candidate list 2022:The West Bengal Election Commission on Saturday deferred civic polls in four municipal corporations by three weeks in the wake of the surge in Covid-19 cases. The elections will be held on February 15, instead of January 22.The decision was taken a day after the Kolkata High Court asked the panel to consider postponing the civic polls. The commission issued the notification postponing the civic polls shortly after the state government informed the court that it had no objection if the electoral exercise is deferred.
The list of candidates for elections to 107 municipalities, scheduled on February 27, has led to a major tussle in the Trinamool Congress (TMC).It all started with Kalyan Banerjee, senior leader and MP of TMC, openly criticising national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee. Young leaders of the party then started a campaign against Kalyan Banerjee. Although the party disciplinary committee has warned both the sections, the conflict doesn’t seem to be ending.
West Bengal on Friday after the Trinamool Congress (TMC) released its list of candidates for elections to 108 municipalities scheduled on February 27.Many TMC supporters unhappy with the candidate list staged demonstrations in many places across the state.Senior party leader and state fisheries minister Akhil Giri wished to resign from his post or as an election convener for East Midnapore district as his supporters held protests in front of his residence in Kanthi.
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Trinamool Congress came up with changes in its candidate list late on Friday night and circulated it among the district presidents. The new list of the party has been undersigned by state president Subrata Bakshi and party secretary general Partha Chatterjee. At least 20 per cent of changes have been made to the new list.
Senior TMC leader Firhad Hakim said someone might have misused the password of TMC’s website and released several candidate lists for February 27 civic polls in West Bengal, creating confusion.The candidate list was announced for 107 of the 108 municipalities where polls are going to be held on February 27.
Interestingly, the TMC candidate list has a blend of experience and youth. The party has followed ‘one man one post’ dictum with few MLAs getting a ticket to contest in the civic elections. Dulal Das, chairman of Maheshtala municipality in South 24-Parganas, is, however, an exception.
Arindam Guin whose name figured in the candidate list of Baidyabati municipality was called up by Chatterjee on Saturday morning and was asked not to contest in adherence to ‘one man one post’ guideline. Guin is the MLA from Champdani in Hooghly.Das will be contesting from ward 15 instead of ward 17 from where he had fought the elections last time.
In ward 21 under Bolpur municipality in Birbhum, MSME minister Chandranath Sinha’s daughter Kuntala Sinha will be contesting while Kamarhati MLA Madan Mitra’s daughter-in-law Meghna has got a ticket from ward 16 of the Kamarhati municipality.Former Khardah MLA Kajal Sinha’s wife Nandita will be contesting from ward 4 of the Khardah municipality.
There was resentment in some areas like Kamarhati, Maheshtala, East Burdwan, Cooch Behar and Kanthi over the candidate list. The INTTUC stopped transport services from ward 1 to 7 in Kamarhati in protest.In other parts, tyres were set on fire as a mark of protest.
