Left Front announces list of candidates for Bengal polls

Kolkata, Mar 13 (ANI): West Bengal's ruling Left Front on Sunday announced the list of candidates for the upcoming assembly polls.

The Left Front has announced candidates for 292 seats, which has 149 new faces in them.

According to reports, eight ministers have been dropped from the list of contestants for the West Bengal Assembly polls. The list was announced after a high-level meeting of the top brass of the Left Front earlier today.

West Bengal faces state polls along with Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and the Union Territory of Pondicherry.

The state will have elections in six phases. The first phase of voting will take place on April 18, second phase on April 23, third phase on April 27, fourth phase on May 3, fifth phase on May 7 and sixth phase on May 10. (ANI)