Kolkata: WBPCC general secretary Om Prakash Mishra will contest against Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee from the prestigious Bhabanipur seat in the city in the coming Assembly election, state Congress chief Adhir Chowdhury said on Tuesday.
Announcing the list of 75 constituencies Congress would contest in the Assembly election, Chowdhury said the names of the candidates would be announced by the high command.
"But Mishra will contest against Mamata Banerjee from Bhabanipur. We are sending the list of candidates to the party high command and request them to clear Mishra's name first," he said.
Mishra, a Jadavpur University professor, had unsuccessfully contested from Balurghat Lok Sabha seat on Congress ticket in 2014.
Bhabanipur is one of the five seats in the metropolis where the Congress will field its candidates as part of its seat adjustment with the Left Front.
As per the list declared by the party, it would contest Chowringhee, Ballygunge, Rashbehari and Jorasanko besdies Bhabanipur seats also.
Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee is seeking a re-election from Bhabanipur.
Chwodhury said the party wants to put candidates in 100 seats and talks were on with the left front in this regard.
