Kolkata, March 18 -- Protests erupted across several constituencies in West Bengal soon after major political parties announced their candidate lists for the upcoming Assembly elections, with workers from the Trinamool Congress (TMC), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Left Front voicing dissent over ticket distribution.

The ruling TMC announced the names of 291 candidates on Tuesday, while the BJP released its first list of 144 candidates on Monday. The Left Front also announced the coalition's first list of 192 candidates on Monday.

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) fielded sitting Canning East MLA Saokat Molla from the Bhangar Assembly seat in South 24 Parganas, replacing him in Canning East with Md Baharul Islam. Soon after TMC supremo Mam...