Kolkata, March 6 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will contest from the Nandigram in Purba Medinipur district, dropping out from Kolkata's Bhawanipur seat, which she had represented for the past two terms. The TMC had trailed from Bhawanipore, the Chief Minister's home turf, by a few thousand votes in the 2019 general elections. The TMC on Friday announced candidates for 291 of the 294 Assembly seats in the State, and Mamata's candidature was the highlight of the list.

"I will contest from Nandigram, I had given my word and will stick to it," she said. Mamata dropped as many as 27 sitting MLAs and five Ministers from the Trinamool Congress candidates' list, besides introducing about a dozen of celebrities, including cine per...