India, May 4 -- Dipsita Dhar, Communist Party of India (Marxist) youth leader and All-India Joint Secretary of the SFI, is contesting the 2026 West Bengal assembly elections from the Dum Dum Uttar constituency against Trinamool Congress's Chandrima Bhattacharya and the Bharatiya Janata Party's Sourav Sikdar. One of the most articulate and recognisable young faces of the Left in India, Dhar is a central pillar of the CPI(M)'s strategy to replace the ageing guard with a new generation of firebrand activists who can challenge the TMC-BJP binary in the state's urban heartlands.

Dhar previously made a high-voltage debut in 2021 and took a spirited run in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Serampore.

In Dum Dum Uttar - a seat that has seen a sharp...