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Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Left Front on Friday nominated former Sandeshkhali MLA Nirapada Sardar as the CPI(M) candidate from the Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal, while the party's Pratik Ur Rahaman will take on TMC's Abhishek Banerjee in Diamond Harbour. India News | LF Names Candidates for Basirhat, Diamond Harbour, 3 More Seats; Ex-Sandeshkhali MLA Gets Ticket.

The party that claims to represent Muslim, Dalit interests, and has been building base in Bengal, says will contest all 42 seats. It had been in talks with Left for 14 seats; ISF face Naushad Siddiqui also says will not take on TMC No. 2 Abhishek Banerjee himself.

ISF chief Naushad Siddiqui has gone silent over his last year's proposal that he would contest from Diamond Harbour, even as CPI(M) waits

Elections are not a particularly happy occurrence for the people of Cooch Behar district in north Bengal. Having suffered large-scale violence before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the 2021 Assembly elections and the 2023 Panchayat elections, there is an air of foreboding among voters here ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

There was, however, something amiss about this particular one: The usually alert Sezhiyan was probably unaware that TN CM M Karunanidhi had given his concurrence to the agreement more than a month ago. In fact, the DMK leader was perhaps the only person barring the PM and “one or two senior Cabinet ministers” who may have known the contours of the agreement that was in the works.

India News: There was, however, something amiss about this particular one: The usually alert Sezhiyan was probably unaware that TN CM M Karunanidhi had given his

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. With internal strifes threatening to unsettle the BJP in the Alipurduars Lok Sabha seat, so far considered a saffron citadel, the TMC seems to be banking on the saffron disarray to secure its second victory in the constituency after a decade. India News | BJP Bickerings in Alipurduars Raise TMC Hopes, CAA to Remain Saffron Trump Card.

As Congress's Ashish Kumar Saha filed nomination to contest the Tripura West seat in Lok Sabha elections 2024, INDIA bloc leaders urged voters to join the fight to save the Constitution.

Nisith Pramaniks political journey in Cooch Behar reflects shifting dynamics, from defeating TMC in 2019 to facing a four-cornered fight in the upcoming polls amidst complex alliances and rising tensions.

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Much water have flown down Torsha and Jaldhaka, the two main rivers in the northern Bengal district of Cooch Behar, since junior Union minister and BJP's incumbent Nisith Pramanik swung nearly 32 per cent votes to dislodge the Trinamool Congress from this SC-reserved Lok Sabha seat in 2019. India News | Cooch Behar: Violence, Latent Complexities Likely to Seal Nisith Pramanik's Fate on Rajbanshi Land.