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 seats vacant.
The list, released under the signature of TPCC president Asish Kumar Saha, names nominees for all wards except 30 and 35, where the party is yet to finalise its candidates.
The announcement comes amid heightened political activity in the state capital, with major parties stepping up organisational preparations and candidate selection ahead of the municipal polls.
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 have been fielded from Wards 6 and 7, respectively.
The party has selected 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 will contest from Wards 15 to 19, while advocate Mridula Bhattacharjee has been nominated from Ward 20.
Other candidates 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 nominated Sumita Chakraborty Bhattacharjee from Ward 31, Dr Partha Pratim Datta from Ward 32, Tanmoy Dhar from Ward 33 and Surajit Dhar from 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).
Party leaders said the early announcement would provide candidates with sufficient time to reach out to voters and prepare their campaign strategies.
With nominees finalised for 49 wards, the Congress has substantially completed its candidate-selection exercise. The party is yet to announce its nominees for Wards 30 and 35.
