Kolkata, March 19 -- The West Bengal Left Front on Thursday released its second list of 32 candidates for the two-phase Assembly polls in April, naming five candidates from Scheduled Caste (SC) communities, one Scheduled Tribe (ST) member and three women.

Bengal has 294 seats. Of the 192 candidates announced by Left Front chairman Biman Bose on Monday, 28 are women.

"Discussions are on with Left Front partners and our allies on the remaining seats," CPI(M) state secretary Md Salim, who released the second list, said.

The Indian Secular Front (ISF), which won one seat in the 2021 state polls, and CPI-ML (Liberation) are contesting the polls as allies of the Left Front.

The Front's first list featured some prominent young CPI(M) leaders...