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Left Front announces candidates for Kolkata civic polls
Kolkata, March 15
The CPI-M -led Left Front on
Sunday announced its first set of candidates for the Kolkata Municipal
Corporation (KMC) polls, with at least 71 women candidates set to be in
fray out of the 144 wards.
"The first set of names announced for
the 125 wards has 67 women candidates. For the rest of the 19 wards, we
will announce the list in a day or two. In all, 71 woman candidates will
be in fray," Left Front chairman Biman Bose told mediapersons here.
The list includes 23 candidates from the religious minorities.
"Besides, when we announced the full list, there will be 21 candidates representing linguistic minorities."
He
also accused the Trinamool Congress-run KMC of being "neck deep in
corruption" and functioning in an arbitrary way without adhering to
democratic norms.
"The KMC is now run by an evil force under
which all rules and democratic norms have gone to the drain. The least
is said about its corruption the better," said Bose.
The veteran
Communist Party of India-Marxist leader said the Left Front was
targeting the April 18 polls as the bird's eye and called upon the party
activists to start campaigning with a "come what may attitude".
The
state government has said the polls to the Kolkata civic body will be
held on April 18 and those to 92 other municipalities in various parts
of the state on April 25.
The notification for the KMC elections
will be issued on March 18. The notification for the polls to the 92
other civic bodies will be issued on March 25.
Both the Trinamool
and the Congress have already announced its candidates for the polls
which is being seen as a precursor to the 2016 assembly elections.