Congress names bypoll candidates

KOLKATA: The Congress on Monday announced their candidates to three assembly seats for the bypolls scheduled on February 23, making it a four-cornered contest with Trinamool Congress, Left Front and BJP having fielded their candidates earlier.
While Murshidabad's Rezinagar and Malda's English Bazaar were vacated by defections, Birbhum's Nalhati fell vacant after its MLA Abhijeet Mukherjee resigned on being elected as a Lok Sabha MP from Jangipur.
State Congress president Pradip Bhattacharya said, "Rabiul Islam will contest in Rezinagar, Narendranath Tiwari in English Bazaar and Abdur Rehman in Nalhati, according to the AICC information received. All candidates are relatively fresh faces."
Trinamool expectedly has fielded state minister Humayun Kabir and Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury in Rezinagar and English Bazaar respectively. But they have opted for a relatively inexperienced Biplab Ozha in Nalhati.
Forward Bloc's Dipak Chatterjee will fight from the Nalhati seat, Kaushik Mishra of CPM will contest from English Bazaar, while Sirajul Islam Mondal of the RSP from Rejinagar. The BJP has fielded Anil Singh in Nalhati, Arabinda Biswas at Rejinagar and Sanjib Mishra at English Bazaar.
The Congress on Monday announced their candidates for the bypolls to three Assembly seats on February 23, making it a four-cornered contest with Trinamool Congress, Left Front and BJP having fielded their candidates earlier. Murshidabad's Rezinagar and Malda's Englishbazar were vacated by defections; Birbhum's Nalhati fell vacant after its MLA Abhijeet Mukherjee resigned having being elected as a Lok Sabha MP from Jangipur.
State Congress president Pradip Bhattacharya said, "Rabiul Islam will contest in Rezinagar, Narendranath Tiwari in Englishbazar and Abdur Rehman in Nalhati, as per the AICC information received. All candidates are relatively fresh faces." Trinamool expectedly has fielded state minister Humayun Kabir and Krishnendu Narayan Chowdhury in Rezinagar and Englishbazar and opted for a relatively inexperienced Biplab Ozha in Nalhati. Forward Bloc's Dipak Chatterjee o will fight from the Nalhati seat, Kaushik Mishra of CPM will contest from English Bazar and Sirajul Islam Mondal of the RSP in Rejinagar. The BJP will field Anil Singh at Nalhati, Arabinda Biswas at Rejinagar and Sanjib Mishra at English Bazar.