West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced her party's candidate list for the 2016. Confirming that TMC will contest alone in all the 294 seats, she highlighted that number of women candidates has gone up from 31 to 45 and the number of minority candidates has also gone up from 37 to 57.
Trinamool Congress Candidate List 2016 for WB Assembly Election
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Trinamool Congress (TMC) Manifesto 2016 for West Bengal Assembly Polls
Manifesto highlights:
- TMC government to follow a “zero tolerance†policy towards crime, especially women. At least 65 all women police stations are coming up of which 30 are already functional.
- The government will pay special attention to the prevention of cyber crime in the coming days.
- Health for all: The government will create a new wave of health care systems. Fair price medicine shops and free medical treatment in government hospitals will be improved and expanded.
- Bring transparency in panchayats and zila parishads.
- Housing for all and 100 days work will be extended.
- Water supply to be extended.
- Agriculture is the pride of Bengal. The government will take care of farmers and their lands and ensure Bengal remains green in future.
- Bengal will be marketed globally as a hot tourist destination.
- To take inspiration from the great scholars, philosophers and thinkers of Bengal, plan to integrate their writings within the syllabi.
- The number of schools, colleges and educational institutions will be increased substantially.
- A new indoor stadium is being built near the heliport.
- International, inter-state and inter-city bus terminals are in the pipeline.
- Wi-Fi connectivity is going to be extended to the districts of Asansol, Burdwan, Durgapur, Malda, Siliguri, Dum Dum, Barrackpore, North 24 Parganas, Bolpur, Krishnanagar and others.
- A 2nd Indo-Bhutan gate is going to be erected near Jaigoan.
- Rapid Transport System to be started for bus services from Garia-Ultadanga.