Ranchi, Nov. 17 -- West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress (TMC) on Saturday announced 13 candidates for the Jharkhand Assembly elections. All 13 candidates are political greenhorns who will be contesting elections for the first time and a majority of them are under the age of 40 years - a decision that the party sees as an effort to encourage young and energetic leaders to take up active politics and strengthen the base of otherwise 'inactive' TMC here.
The list of candidates includes a few youth wing leaders from Congress party and other regional parties who joined the TMC in the past couple of years, sources said. "We are encouraging young leaders to take up active politics in Jharkhand. Most of our candidates ...