Mamata fields Yusuf Pathan in Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury's seat; here is the full list of candidates

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday announced names of 42 Trinamool Congress candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. Big names in the list include cricketer Yusuf Pathan and TMC MP Mahua Moitra.

Surprisingly, Pathan will contest from Baharampur constituency, which is the sitting seat of Congress state chief Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury. Both Congress and TMC are allies in the INDIA bloc. Congress is yet to reveal if Chowdhury will recontest from the same seat where he had won the previous five times.

Mamata said Prime Minister Narendra Modi must must cross-check facts with officials before making allegations against Bengal.

Addressing a rally in Kolkata, the Trinamool Congress supremo said, "We will never allow BJP to bring NRC or open detention camps in Bengal."

In a veiled attack against ex-Calcutta High Court judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay who joined the BJP last week, she said, "I respect judiciary but a few judges worked as BJP agents."

Mamata said TMC will contest elections alone in Bengal, adding that her party will also fight in Assam and Meghalaya.