Mishra at the Darjeeling district CPM office in Siliguri on Friday. Picture by Passang YolmoBengal CPM secretary Surjya Kanta Mishra hinted on Friday that the party would field sitting councillors of the Siliguri Municipal Corporation for the coming polls. “The SMC board had gone through a tough period in the past five years and despite several deterrents, the civic body functioned properly. The Left has 22 councillors at the SMC where the majority mark is 24. Sources in the district CPM, however, said the party was all set to project Bhattacharya as the mayoral candidate.

Source: The Telegraph January 24, 2020 20:01 UTC